Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Home-Thoughts, from the Sea
1 Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-West died away;
2Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;
3Bluish 'mid the burning water, full in face Trafalgar lay;
4In the dimmest North-East distance, dawned Gibraltar grand and gray;
5"Here and here did England help me: how can I help England?"--say,
6Whoso turns as I, this evening, turn to God to praise and pray,
7While Jove's planet rises yonder, silent over Africa.
Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.
Original text: Robert Browning, Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845).
First publication date:
1845
RPO poem editor: J. D. Robins
RP edition: 2RP 2.426.
Recent editing: 2:2001/12/17
Composition date:
1838
Rhyme: aaaaaaa
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