Supposed to have been written under the Ruins of
Rufus's Castle, among the remains of the ancient
Church on the Isle of Portland.
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Beautiful descriptive ode has been posted touchingly. Thanks to his soul.
The rustic breast of ocean waves with all its cruelty - it's roar is almost heard through these magnificent philosophical lines, so deep into the heart, the ruins of fate, parting and longing with vision of devastated landscape.
Such an interesting descriptive ode..... Thanks for posting....
It truly is a descriptive ode. Very descriptive. Ironic that an author of such descriptive talent would choose such a nondescript title. Might very well have chosen A Long Poem. Very melancholy piece; captures well the grey bleakness of the North Atlantic.