Skip to content
Linespedia

The Ackerman Steppe

Topics: classic

Across sea-meadows measureless I go,             My wagon sinking under grass so tall     The flowery petals in foam on me fall,             And blossom-isles float by I do not know.     No pathway can the deepening twilight show;             I seek the beckoning stars which sailors call,     And watch the clouds. What lies there brightening all?             The Dneister's, the steppe-ocean's evening glow!     The silence! I can hear far flight of cranes--             So far the eyes of eagle could not reach--     And bees and blossoms speaking each to each;             The serpent slipping adown grassy lanes;     From my far home if word could come to me!--             Yet none will come. On, o'er the meadow-sea!

AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.

About this line

"Across sea-meadows measureless I go,..."

Exploring the themes of classic, Adam Bernard Mickiewicz delivers a powerful performance in "The Ackerman Steppe"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

Classified Tags

Related lines

"The reverent Mussulman bends low to greet             You, Tschatir Dagh, Crimea's bright-masted ship!     World-altar,--minaret--the place wher"

"The mighty mountain flings its mist-veil down;             With little flowers the gracious fields are bright,     And from the forest colors fl"

"(Mirza)     Pray! Pray! Let loose the bridle. Look not down!             The humble horse alone has wisdom here.     He knows where blackest t"

"They sleep well here whom Allah loved and kept             And treasured in his vineyard fair and fine,     Most lustrous of the Orient pearls t"

"Here morning in the ploughman's songs is met     Ere yet one footstep shows in all the sky,     And twilight in the east, a doubt as yet,     S"

"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

Continue Reading

"The reverent Mussulman bends low to greet         ..."

Weekly Poetic Insight

Join our literary Sanctuary

Get the most inspiring lines, poetic analysis, and secret shayaris delivered to your inbox every Sunday.