Poem sequence · 1930

The Bridge

A Poem

by Hart Crane

Hart Crane’s long poem of America, taking the Brooklyn Bridge as its emblem: from Columbus’s landfall in Ave Maria through the Pocahontas section, Cutty Sark, the Whitmanic Cape Hatteras, the Three Songs, Quaker Hill and The Tunnel, to the closing hymn of Atlantis.

Contents · 15 parts

• Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge46 lines
• I. Ave Mariaabout 110 lines
• II. Powhatan’s Daughter: 1. The Harbor Dawn70 lines
• II. Powhatan’s Daughter: 2. Van Winkle59 lines
• II. Powhatan’s Daughter: 3. The Riverabout 160 lines
• II. Powhatan’s Daughter: 4. The Danceabout 120 lines
• II. Powhatan’s Daughter: 5. Indiana71 lines
• III. Cutty Sark72 lines
• IV. Cape Hatterasabout 240 lines
• V. Three Songs: 1. Southern Cross34 lines
• V. Three Songs: 2. National Winter Garden28 lines
• V. Three Songs: 3. Virginia25 lines
• VI. Quaker Hill80 lines
• VII. The Tunnelabout 140 lines
• VIII. Atlantis98 lines

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