His weight upon the gunwale tipped the boat
To straining balance. Everard lurched and seized
His wife and held her smothered to his coat.
“Everard, loose me, we shall drown-” and squeezed
Against him, she beat with her hands. He gasped
“Never, by God!” The slidden boat gave way
And the black foamy water split-and met.
Bubbled up through the spray
A wailing rose and in the branches rasped,
And creaked, and stilled. Over the treetops, clasped
In the blue evening, a clear moon was set.
Pickthorn Manor: 61
Amy Lowell
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Poem topics: god, moon, never, rose, water, wife, evening, blue, clear, split, black, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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