--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To…" description: "\"“My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To rot on a lonely shore, While the leaves and mould like a shroud unfold, For the last of my trails are o'er, ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/george-marsh-184675_dreams_my-seams-gape-wide-so-i-m-tossed-aside-t_1475016.jpg" --- # My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To rot on a lonely… ![“My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To rot on a lonely shore, While the leaves and mould like a shroud unfold, For the last of my trails are o'er, But I float in dreams on Northland streams That never again I'll see, As I lie on the marge of the old portage With grief for company. When the…” quote by George Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/george-marsh-184675_dreams_my-seams-gape-wide-so-i-m-tossed-aside-t_1475016.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/george-marsh-184675_dreams_my-seams-gape-wide-so-i-m-tossed-aside-t_1475016.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/george-marsh-184675_dreams_my-seams-gape-wide-so-i-m-tossed-aside-t_1475016.jpg) > ““My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To rot on a lonely shore, While the leaves and mould like a shroud unfold, For the last of my trails are o'er, But I float in dreams on Northland streams That never again I'll see, As I lie on the marge of the old portage With grief for company. When the sunset gilds the timbered hills That guard Timagami, And the moon beams play on far James Bay By the brink of the frozen sea, In phantom guise my spirit flies As the dream blades dip and swing Where the waters flow from the Long Ago In the spell of the beck'ning spring. Do the cow-moose call on the Montreal When the first frost bites the air, And the mists unfold from the red and gold That the autumn ridges wear? When the white falls roar as they did of yore On the Lady Evelyn, Do the square-tail leap from the black pool deep Where the pictured rocks begin? Oh! the fur fleet sings on Temiscaming As the ashen paddles bend, And the crews carouse at Rupert's House At the sullen winter's end; But my days are done where the lean wolves run, And I ripple no more the path, Where the grey geese race 'cross the red moon's face From the white winds Arctic wrath. Tho' the death-fraught way from the Saguenay To the storied Nipigon, Once knew me well, now a crumbling shell I watch as the years roll on, And in memory's haze I live the days That forever are gone from me, As I rot on the marge of the old portage With grief for company.”” George Marsh ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The poem mourns loss and fading memories along a desolate river. **In simple terms:** Memory and loss flow like water. Key Takeaway Honor forgotten places and feelings. Themes loss memory nature loneliness reflection Mood melancholy nostalgic Type poem lament When to use this quote - travel writing - environmental activism - memorial projects - creative writing Key Concepts poetry regional geography history Questions to Reflect On - What does the river symbolize? - How can we preserve fading histories? 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I had an awesome dream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-had-a-dream-i-had-an-awesome-dream/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Browse all 40,599 Dreams quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dreams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My seams gape wide so I'm tossed aside To rot on a lonely shore, While the leaves and mould like a shroud unfold, For the last of my trails are o'er, But I float in dreams on Northland streams That never again I'll see, As I lie on the marge of the old portage With grief for company. When the sunset gilds the timbered hills That guard Timagami, And the moon beams play on far James Bay By the brink of the frozen sea, In phantom guise my spirit flies As the dream blades dip and swing Where the waters flow from the Long Ago In the spell of the beck'ning spring. 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