Home-Thoughts, from the Sea
Home-Thoughts, from the Sea
Original Text
Robert Browning, Dramatic Romances and Lyrics (1845).
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.
Publication Start Year
1845
RPO poem Editors
J. D. Robins
RPO Edition
2RP 2.426.
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