Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson, Order of the Rising Sun,was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as The Bull. He was one of the more 'pastoral' of the Georgian poets. In 1954, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 September 1871
help mighty none ships spun ten thousand ton tops whipping
When stately ships are twirled and spun / Like whipping tops and help there's none / And mighty ships ten thousand ton / Go down like lumps of lead.
blind eyes hill silent sky stared stars stood until
Without a wish, without a will, / I stood upon that silent hill / And stared into the sky until / My eyes were blind with stars and still / I stared into the sky.
caravan
Time, you old gipsy man, / Will you not stay, / Put up your caravan / Just for one day?
time men one-day
Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?