28-12-2017, 07:33 PM
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Re: Poetry please.
Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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Sorry young Robert, I have not read it.I know this little gem mind.
THE RAIN is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894).
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,
Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Emeralds, amethysts,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rail, pig-lead,
Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
Cargoes
by John Masefield
28-12-2017, 09:49 PM
179
Re: Poetry please.
Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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Lovely young Robert.I must search out a similar one that had me stumped for a while.
Words we no longer use, I just love them and love researching the origins.
28-12-2017, 09:51 PM
180
Re: Poetry please.
Originally Posted by Robert Jnr.
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Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant OphirRowing home to haven in sunny Palestine,
With a cargo of ivory,
And apes and peacocks,
Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,
Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Emeralds, amethysts,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.
Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack
Butting through the Channel in the mad March days,
With a cargo of Tyne coal,
Road-rail, pig-lead,
Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.
Cargoes
by John Masefield
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