The sea took pity: it interposed with doom:
‘I have tall daughters dear that heed my hand:
Let Winter wed one, sow them in her womb,
And she shall child them on the New-world strand.’
. . . . . . . .
Classic poem
The Sea Took Pity
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About this poem
- First line
- The sea took pity: it interposed with doom:
- Themes
- nature, love, death, sea
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