Poetry of Hood
Thomas Hood
born 1798, died 1844 |
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The Lee-Shore
Sleet! and Hail! and Thunder!
And ye Winds that rave,
Till the sands thereunder
Tinge the sullen wave -
Winds, that like a Demon,
Howl with horrid note
Round the toiling Seaman,
In his tossing boat -
From his humble dwelling,
On the shingly shore,
Where the billows swelling
Keep such hollow roar -
From that weeping Woman,
Seeking with her cries
Succour superhuman
From the frowning skies -
From the Urchin pining
For his Father's knee -
From the lattice shining,
Drive him out to sea!
Let broad leagues dissever
Him from yonder foam; -
Oh, God! to think Man ever
Comes too near his Home!
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