the stolen boat (30/365)
One of my all time favourite poems is The stolen boat - by William
Wordsworth
finally found it online
One summer evening (led by her) I found
A little boat tied to a willow tree
Within a rocky cave, its usual home.
Straight I unloosed her chain, and stepping in
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Pushed from the shore. It was an act of stealth
And troubled pleasure, nor without the voice
Of mountain-echoes did my boat move on;
Leaving behind her still, on either side,
Small circles glittering idly in the moon,
Until they melted all into one track
Of sparkling light. But now, like one who rows,
Proud of his skill, to reach a chosen point
With an unswerving line, I fixed my view
Upon the summit of a craggy ridge,
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The horizon's utmost boundary; far above
Was nothing but the stars and the grey sky.
She was an elfin pinnace; lustily
I dipped my oars into the silent lake,
And, as I rose upon the stroke, my boat
Went heaving through the water like a swan;
When, from behind that craggy steep till then
The horizon's bound, a huge peak, black and huge,
As if with voluntary power instinct,
Upreared its head. I struck and struck again,
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And growing still in stature the grim shape
Towered up between me and the stars, and still,
For so it seemed, with purpose of its own
And measured motion like a living thing,
Strode after me. With trembling oars I turned,
And through the silent water stole my way
Back to the covert of the willow tree;
There in her mooring-place I left my bark,--
And through the meadows homeward went, in grave
And serious mood; but after I had seen
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That spectacle, for many days, my brain
Worked with a dim and undetermined sense
Of unknown modes of being; o'er my thoughts
There hung a darkness, call it solitude
Or blank desertion. No familiar shapes
Remained, no pleasant images of trees,
Of sea or sky, no colours of green fields;
But huge and mighty forms, that do not live
Like living men, moved slowly through the mind
By day, and were a trouble to my dreams.
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eye of einstein (52 months ago | reply)
In love with the blue...
the solitary and the liquid feeling...
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kate053 (absente) (52 months ago | reply)
superbe
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Anuj Nair (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition !
Chee Seong (52 months ago | reply)
Great colour tone!
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Just wonderful , my friend.........missed you xxx
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aycasan (52 months ago | reply)
cool shot!!!
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Niiiiiiiiice Sho0oT =)
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fabry ... (52 months ago | reply)
Beautil image in blu!!!
Compliment!!
Ciao:))))
anticline [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
I'm with you on the Wordsworth and this has just the right mood.
Ian.
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Amir Mukhtar Mughal | www.amirmukhtar.com (52 months ago | reply)
lovely tone and compo. regards. amir.
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Ajka_Hungary (52 months ago | reply)
love monotones and this is a great one
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paulh192 (52 months ago | reply)
Very interesting as well:) I really like your composition and color tone.
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LLP (Recuperating... Extended Away) (52 months ago | reply)
Couldn't be much better than that. Great shot. Great treatment. I love the mood of this image.
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Rana___ (52 months ago | reply)
excellent shot
Prshant ॐ Bhrdwaj (52 months ago | reply)
beautiful picture, the blue however looks a li;il unnatural...
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I love that colour ... and it fits the verse perfectly.
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lovely image
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.bullish (52 months ago | reply)
a visual poetry!
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wow!
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ineedathis (52 months ago | reply)
Great capture! love the poem:-)
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Bel instant