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Poem
July 31, 1920
The Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Walt Mason's 'The Changeful Sea' personifies the ocean's shifting moods, from joyful to somber, as Neptune playing a lyre that mirrors human emotions across various seas.
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RIPPLING RHYMES
By WALT MASON.
THE CHANGEFUL SEA
One day the sea's a brilliant blue, and gayly it goes skidding: the next it has a sombre hue, it's motion slow, forbidding. One day I camp upon the shore and watch it as it surges, and there's such pathos in its roar I feel like crooning dirges. Next day its message is so glad it asks no mortal's pity, and I produce a pen and pad, and spring a buoyant ditty. One day the waters run like wine, in froth and foam they're boiling: the next they have a dismal whine, as though they needed oiling. One day they're green and everywhere the note of mirth's prevailing, the next they're darker than despair, and every wave is wailing. Old Neptune has a wondrous lyre, that touches all emotions, and on it like a house afire, he plays among his oceans. Now sweeter than the lullabys of mothers in the gloaming: and now the notes like thunder rise, along the octaves roaming. Old Neptune, in his solitudes his mighty harp is thrashing. He has a song for all our moods a sea for every passion.
By WALT MASON.
THE CHANGEFUL SEA
One day the sea's a brilliant blue, and gayly it goes skidding: the next it has a sombre hue, it's motion slow, forbidding. One day I camp upon the shore and watch it as it surges, and there's such pathos in its roar I feel like crooning dirges. Next day its message is so glad it asks no mortal's pity, and I produce a pen and pad, and spring a buoyant ditty. One day the waters run like wine, in froth and foam they're boiling: the next they have a dismal whine, as though they needed oiling. One day they're green and everywhere the note of mirth's prevailing, the next they're darker than despair, and every wave is wailing. Old Neptune has a wondrous lyre, that touches all emotions, and on it like a house afire, he plays among his oceans. Now sweeter than the lullabys of mothers in the gloaming: and now the notes like thunder rise, along the octaves roaming. Old Neptune, in his solitudes his mighty harp is thrashing. He has a song for all our moods a sea for every passion.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Song
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Changeable Sea
Neptune Lyre
Sea Moods
Walt Mason
Rippling Rhymes
What entities or persons were involved?
By Walt Mason.
Poem Details
Title
The Changeful Sea
Author
By Walt Mason.
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
One Day The Sea's A Brilliant Blue, And Gayly It Goes Skidding:
Old Neptune Has A Wondrous Lyre, That Touches All Emotions,
He Has A Song For All Our Moods A Sea For Every Passion.