Poems about Nostalgia

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A Sea Dream

Why did I dream last night, I wonder, about the ship Ledore
I made a passage in from China — was it 'eighty-three or four &mda

by Cicely Fox Smith 34 lines, 1 comment
In the Droving Days

"Only a pound," said the auctioneer,
"Only a pound; and I'm standing here

by A B Banjo Paterson 100 lines, 8 comments
Portrait Of A Lady-2

Pilot boat, lighthouse,
Stiff green sea —

by Cicely Fox Smith 59 lines
The Surprise

As there I left the road in May,
And took my way along a ground,

by William Barnes 31 lines
El enemigo brutal (Verso XXVII)

El enemigo brutal
Nos pone fuego a la casa:

by Jose Marti 28 lines, 2 comments
Bumboats

I've had a whirl at games of chance
From Bombay 'round to Cork,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 61 lines, 2 comments
Mid-Watches

Will you ever forget the mid-watches at sea?
How you tumbled out sleepy and dazed,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 23 lines, 1 comment
Sea Dreams

If you've ever stood a midwatch in the cavern of the night,
With the sea wolves racing past you in a pack;

by Burt Franklin Jenness 46 lines
Sé de un pintor atrevido (Verso XXIV)

Sé de un pintor atrevido
Que sale a pintar contento

by Jose Marti 15 lines
All's Well

There's an ache in my heart, and I can't tell why,
Something to do with the sea and sky,

by Bill Adams 18 lines, 1 comment
On Reading Ballads

We lay upon a flowery hill
Close by the railway lines,

by Arthur Graeme West 58 lines
The Sea Dog

I wandered up and down the quay to-day,
And yesterday, and many days before,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 44 lines
I've Been Dreamin'

I've been dreamin',
Of a randy, dandy clipper with her tops'ls set,

by Bill Adams 50 lines
The Three-Decker

Full thirty foot she towered from waterline to rail.
It cost a watch to steer her, and a week to shorten sail;

by Rudyard Kipling 58 lines
Horses

Those lumbering horses in the steady plough,
On the bare field - I wonder, why, just now,

by Edwin Muir 33 lines, 1 comment
Mejillones

I don't want to go back to Mejillones,
On the dusty Chile shore;

by Cicely Fox Smith 31 lines
The King's Jester

It's oh to bear a weary heart
Among the shine and show!

by Cicely Fox Smith 24 lines
Hay-Carren

'Tis merry ov a zummer's day,
When vo'k be out a-haulèn hay,

by William Barnes 50 lines
Nod

Softly along the road of evening,
In a twilight dim with rose,

by Walter de la Mare 23 lines, 1 comment
Stowaway

I crossed the gangway in the winter's raining,
Late in the night, when it was dreary dark;

by Bill Adams 39 lines
Einst Und Jetzt (Now and Then)

"Möchte wieder in die Gegend,
Wo ich einst so selig war,

by Nikolaus Lenau 43 lines
The Old Scuttle-Butt

How dear to my heart are the scenes of my cruises,
When fond recollection presents them to view.

by Burt Franklin Jenness 24 lines
Shore Roads Of April

What do I see and hear of an April morning?
Many a ridge and furrow, headland and bay,

by Bill Adams 24 lines
Cuentan que antaño

Cuentan que antaño,—y por si no lo cuentan,
Invéntolo,—un labriego que quería

by Jose Marti 22 lines
On the sea at Omi

On the sea at Ômi,
Plovers fly the waves at dusk

by Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro 4 lines, 3 comments
Billy Peg-leg's Fiddle

I've a pal called Billy Peg-leg, with one leg a wood leg,
And Billy' he's a ship's cook and lives upon the sea;

by Bill Adams 40 lines
The Seaman's Hour

When the day's trick is over and the running lights are lit,
And the rigging fore and aft is trim and tight;

by Burt Franklin Jenness 34 lines
The Mystery

I'm back on my old job again; the boss has raised my pay;
I've donned "civilians," and I've put my uniform away;

by Burt Franklin Jenness 20 lines
Anchor Watches

Ever stood th' twelve t' four
Anchor watch, alone at night,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 44 lines
Mess Gear

Along about six in th' mornin',
When th' drippin' sun turns out o' bed,

by Burt Franklin Jenness 25 lines

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