Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Holland: Vols. XIV–XV. 1876–79. | | | | Belgium: Ostend | | On Landing at Ostend | | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850) |
| | | THE ORIENT beam illumes the parting oar;— | |
| From yonder azure track, emerging white, | |
| The earliest sail slow gains upon the sight, | |
| And the blue wave comes rippling to the shore. | |
| Meantime far off the rear of darkness flies: | 5 |
| Yet mid the beauties of the morn, unmoved, | |
| Like one forever torn from all he loved, | |
| Back o’er the deep I turn my longing eyes, | |
| And chide the wayward passions that rebel: | |
| Yet boots it not to think, or to complain, | 10 |
| Musing sad ditties to the reckless main. | |
| To dreams like these, adieu! the pealing bell | |
| Speaks of the hour that stays not, and the day | |
| To life’s sad turmoil calls my heart away. | | | | |
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