Home-Thoughts, From The Sea

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Title:     Home-Thoughts, From The Sea
Author: Robert Browning [More Titles by Browning]

Nobly, nobly, Cape Saint Vincent to the Northwest died away;
Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;
Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar deg. lay;

In the dimmest Northeast distance dawned Gibraltar deg. grand and gray;
"Here and here did England help me: how can I help England?"--say,
Whoso turns as I, this evening, turn to God and pray,
While Jove's planet rises yonder, silent over Africa.

 

NOTE

This poem is a companion piece to _Home Thoughts, from Abroad_. It is, however, distinctly inferior to it in clearness, vividness of feeling, and lyric sweetness.

Line 3. =Trafalgar=, The scene of the famous victory of the English admiral, Nelson, over the French fleet in 1805.

Line 4. =Gibraltar=. The famous rocky promontory at the entrance of the Mediterranean. It has been held as an English fort since 1704.

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Robert Browning's poem: Home-Thoughts, From The Sea

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