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When descends on the Atlantic     The gigantic   Storm-wind of the equinox,   Landward in his wrath he scourges     The toiling surges,   Laden with seaweed from the rocks:   From Bermuda's reefs; from edges     Of sunken ledges,   In some far-off, bright Azore;   From Bahama, and the dashing,     Silver-flashing   Surges of San Salvador;   From the tumbling surf, that buries     The Orkneyan skerries,   Answering the hoarse Hebrides;   And from wrecks of ships, and drifting     Spars, uplifting   On the desolate, rainy seas; —    Ever drifting, drifting, drifting     On the shifting   Currents of the restless main;   Till in sheltered coves, and reaches     Of sandy beaches,   All have found repose again.   So when storms of wild emotion     Strike the ocean   Of the poet's soul, erelong   From each cave and rocky fastness,     In its vastness,   Floats some fragment of a song:   From the far-off isles enchanted,     Heaven has planted   With the golden fruit of Truth;   From the flashing surf, whose vision     Gleams Elysian   In the tropic clime of Youth;   From the strong Will, and the Endeavor     That forever   Wrestle with the tides of Fate;   From the wreck of Hopes far-scattered,     Tempest-shattered,   Floating waste and desolate; —    Ever drifting, drifting, drifting     On the shifting   Currents of the restless heart;   Till at length in books recorded,     They, like hoarded   Household words, no more depart.

The lyrical form of this poem is aabccb.3. equinox: loosely, the region of the equator.7.

Bermuda: west Atlantic islands eastsoutheast of Cape Hatteras.9.

Azore:

Azores, north Atlantic islands off the coast of Portugal.10.

Bahama: west Atlantic islands southeast of Florida.12.

San Salvador: island in the Bahamas, also called Watling Island.14.

Orkneyan skerries: reefs, or rocky islands, of the Orkneys, north of Scotland.15.

Hebrides: north Atlantic islands west of Scotland.35.

Elysian: of the classical fields for the blessed dead.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The …
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