A Dutch Picture by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Simon Danz returns from buccaneering, having carried off the Dean of Jaen and sold him in Algiers. At his home beside the Maese, familiar sights recall his raids, and winter evenings bring fellow seafarers to drink and recount their ventures. Restless ashore, he considers another cruise with his buccaneers.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Narrative Poetry, Maritime Literature · 556 words
First lines
Simon Danz has come home again, / From cruising about with his buccaneers; / He has singed the beard of the King of Spain, / And carried away the Dean of Jaen / And sold him in Algiers.
In his house by the Maese, with its roof of tiles, / And weathercocks flying aloft in air, / There are silver tankards of antique styles, / Plunder of convent and castle, and piles / Of carpets rich and rare.
Genres
- Narrative Poetry — Eleven rhymed stanzas follow Simon Danz from his return home through recollections and winter gatherings to his contemplated return to sea.
- Maritime Literature — Buccaneering raids, conversations among old seafarers, and the captain's restlessness ashore drive the poem.
Tags
buccaneers · piracy · seafaring · recollection · winter evenings · restlessness
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Narrative Poetry, Maritime Literature
- Length: 556 words
- Structure: 1 section, 11 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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