❤️The Titanic🌹Helen Leah Reed | Musical Poem

The Titanic by Helen Leah Reed

Out of the misty North
A stealthy foeman stole;
Far from the haunted Pole
On the wide sea went he forth,
And he met a giant ship
As he scoured the sea for toll
It cannot reach its goal
Crushed in his icy grip.
“Of every four just three”
This was his deadly dole.
Unseen he called the roll
Ah! a cold grave is the Sea.
Yet the Sea is not the end,
And Life is not the whole.
Over each heroic soul
Shall Eternity extend.

Helen Leah Reed’s poem “The Titanic” is a brief yet powerful meditation on the tragedy of the RMS Titanic’s sinking. The poem personifies an “icy foeman” — the iceberg — that emerges stealthily from the misty northern seas to meet the “giant ship.” With a tone of solemn inevitability, Reed depicts how the Titanic, despite its grandeur and promise, is crushed “in his icy grip.”

The poet reflects on the immense loss of life, noting that only “three of every four” survived — a haunting reminder of nature’s power and humanity’s vulnerability. Yet Reed concludes on a spiritual note: the sea is not the final resting place, and life on earth is not the end. She suggests that “Eternity” embraces the souls of those who perished, turning tragedy into transcendence.

In essence, the poem mourns the disaster while affirming faith in a higher, eternal continuity beyond death.

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