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Poem by Charlotte Turner Smith Sonnet 83. The Sea View THE upland shepherd, as reclined he lies On the soft turf that clothes the mountain brow, Marks the bright sea-line mingling with the skies; Or from his course celestial, sinking slow, The summer-sun in purple radiance low, Blaze on the western waters; the wide scene Magnificent, and tranquil, seems to spread Even o'er the rustic's breast a joy serene, When, like dark plague-spots by the demons shed, Charged deep with death, upon the waves, far seen, Move the war-freighted ships; and fierce and red, Flash their destructive fires--The mangled dead And dying victims then pollute the flood. Ah, thus man spoils Heaven's glorious works with blood! Charlotte Turner Smith Charlotte Turner Smith's other poems:
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