Nature

Marsh Song -- At Sunset

by Sidney Lanier 1842–1881

From The Poems of Sidney Lanier (1884)

Nature

Over the monstrous shambling sea,
Over the Caliban sea,
Bright Ariel-cloud, thou lingerest:
Oh wait, oh wait, in the warm red West, --
Thy Prospero I'll be.

Over the humped and fishy sea,
Over the Caliban sea
O cloud in the West, like a thought in the heart
Of pardon, loose thy wing, and start,
And do a grace for me.

Over the huge and huddling sea,
Over the Caliban sea,
Bring hither my brother Antonio, -- Man, --
My injurer: night breaks the ban;
Brother, I pardon thee.

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First published February 1882. Dated at the end of the poem: Baltimore, 1879-80.

MLA

Lanier, Sidney. “Marsh Song -- At Sunset.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lanier/93/.

Chicago

Lanier, Sidney. “Marsh Song -- At Sunset.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lanier/93/.

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