A major renovation has been substantially completed at the 66-foot tall Sakonnet Lighthouse, which sits on Little Cormorant Rock, near the mouth of the Sakonnet River in Little Compton, RI.
Media reports:
Westport Shorelines: Ocean Cooperates As Lighthouse Project Ends (15 DEC 11)
Westport Shorelines: Lighthouse Job Nearly Done, Ends For Winter (9 NOV 11)
Westport Shorelines: LC Lighthouse Stands Tall Through Hurricanes (9 NOV 11)
Background information:
Lighthouse Friends: Sakonnet RI
New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide: Sakonnet Point Light
Rhode Island Lighthouse History: Sakonnet Point Light
Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse
United States Lighthouse Society
In 1897, the poetic picture of the lighthouse was painted by Lydia Avery Coonley:
“Sakonnet Light”
(originally published in the August 1897 issue of The New England Magazine)
Our boat is out upon the sea;
The winds blow soft, the sails are free;
Her white bow tosses diamond spray
Upon the swell that glides away.
Across a royal road the sun
into the west his course doth run;
Far out, a boat with shining sail
Calls to the sun farewell and hail;
The waves shake out their flags of white
And evening signals to the night.
The billows strong and stronger grow,
The white keel beats them into snow;
We rise upon the sea's high crest
And dip into her deep curved breast.
The lighthouse, like a soldier dressed,
Looks out into the glowing west,
With shining helmet, coat of mail
By day, by night, he greets each sail,
And, Hail, Sakonnet! each replies
Across the waves, 'neath arching skies.
If on these rocks you did not stand,
Death signs would mark the peaceful strand.
So hail! bright beacon of the night,
Hail, aud thrice hail, Sakonnet Light!
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