E. J. Pratt Time Poems

• 1. The Witches' Brew
  Perched on a dead volcanic pile,
  Now charted as a submerged peak,
  Near to a moon-washed coral isle,
  A hundred leagues from Mozambique,
  ...
• 2. The Supreme Test
  Now it was clear to every Shade
  That some great wonder was before them,
  As Tom upon the palisade
  Emptied, as fast as Lulu bore them,
  ...
• 3. The Return Of The Cat
  Time-morning
  
  A half-point Nor'ard from the West,
  A bluish-tinted spot of light,
  ...
• 4. The Ice-floes
  Dawn from the Foretop! Dawn from the Barrel!
  A scurry of feet with a roar overhead;
  The master-watch wildly pointing to Northward,
  Where the herd in front of The Eagle was spread!
  ...
• 5. Come Not The Seasons Here
  Comes not the springtime here,
  Though the snowdrop came,
  And the time of the cowslip is near,
  For a yellow flame
  ...
• 6. An Hour Later
  Not since the time the sense of evil
  Caught our first parents by surprise,
  While eating fruit in Paradise,
  One fateful morning, had the Devil,
  ...

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