Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A Sea Song Comments

Rating: 2.9

Old Albion sat on a crag of late,
And sung out—'Ahoy! ahoy!
Long life to the captain, good luck to the mate,
And this to my sailor boy
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Jean Ingelow
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Me Poet Yeps Poet 19 July 2017

user rating so low yet the poem of the day wonder if compy is okay this surely must be the best poem of TO DAY

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Ratnakar Mandlik 19 July 2017

Simply superb, the rhythm as also the theme of the poem.

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Seamus O Brian 19 July 2017

The gallant rhythm belies the plaintive heart of the one who must spend her days scanning the horizon for the return of her love. A false bravado fills the sails of these stanzas with a gaiety that must be summoned from the courage of a heart that has no other choice. Winsome and charming, but touches the hollow places where fear and loneliness find their abode.

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Rajnish Manga 19 July 2017

This is like the sailors' anthem for whom the other name of life is sailing on the sea. Thanks a lot.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 19 July 2017

Reminds me of the song SAILING popularized by CHRISTOPHER CROSS.. Thanks for posting....👍

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