Frown ever opposite, the angel cried,
Who, with an earthquake's might and giant hand,
Severed these riven rocks, and bade them stand
Severed for ever! The vast ocean-tide,
Leaving its roar without at his command,
Shrank, and beneath the woods through the green land
Went gently murmuring on, so to deride
The frowning barriers that its force defied!
But Art, high o'er the trailing smoke below
Of sea-bound steamer, on yon summit's head
Sat musing; and where scarce a wandering crow
Sailed o'er the chasm, in thought a highway led;
Conquering, as by an arrow from a bow,
The scene's lone Genius by her elfin-thread.
The Bridge Between Clifton And Leigh Woods
William Lisle Bowles
(1)
Poem topics: angel, green, ocean, sea, head, force, stand, high, Earthquake, command, thought, beneath, scene, bound, gently, arrow, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
<< Elegiac Stanzas - Written During Sickness At Bath. Poem
After A Tempestuous Voyage. (at Tynemouth Priory) Poem>>
Write your comment about The Bridge Between Clifton And Leigh Woods poem by William Lisle Bowles
Best Poems of William Lisle Bowles