The Last Buccaneer
THE winds were yelling, the waves were swelling,
The sky was black and drear,
When the crew with eyes of flame brought the ship without a name
Alongside the last Buccaneer.
"Whence flies your sloop full sail before so fierce a gale,
When all others drive bare on the seas?
Say, come ye from the shore of the holy Salvador,
Or the gulf of the rich Caribbees?"
"From a shore no search hath found, from a gulf no line can sound,
Without rudder or needle we steer;
Above, below, our bark, dies the sea-fowl and the shark,
As we fly by the last Buccaneer.
"To-night there shall be heard on the rocks of Cape de Verde,
A loud crash, and a louder roar;
And to-morrow shall the deep, with a heavy moaning, sweep
The corpses and wreck to the shore."
The stately ship of Clyde securely now may ride,
In the breath of the citron shades;
And Severn's towering mast securely now flies fast,
Through the sea of the balmy Trades.
From St Jago's wealthy port, from Havannah's royal fort,
The seaman goes forth without fear;
For since that stormy night not a mortal hath had sight
Of the flag of the last Buccaneer.
Thomas Babbington Macaulay
(5 years and 3030 days ago)
The place is a pub by the sea, frequented mostly by Brits, though it was the poem itself which, for various personal reasons, struck a chord when I read it some time ago, so I was hellbent in coming up with an image befitting it. The spot light of-course is a bummer, but there was no way of removing it.
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(5 years and 3049 days ago)
I like this picture ! Nice shot !
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(5 years and 3059 days ago)
Sometimes people tend to ovelook the moon.
Stop and look up and you'll see the beautty of the moon that lights the night
ummmm... that's a pretty sharp line for a lunar eclipse
Beautiful shot.
"ummmm... that's a pretty sharp line for a lunar eclipse"
Is there a question there?
very nice shot author ...GL!!
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(5 years and 3068 days ago)
You get much higher score if you publish a higher res image, assuming of course that it has got the quality.
if you were closer, this might be a better picture for the theme.
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nice.
yes it is... thanx
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