By Clinton Scollard
CONTENTS
SEA MARVELS
THE MIST AND THE SEA
DIRGE FOR A SAILOR
BAG-PIPES AT SEA
THE WIND AND THE SEA
THE TIDES
A SEA ROVER
A SEA SHELL
NIGHT SONG BY THE SEA
WILD GEESE
A SEA CHANGE
SAINT SEPULCHRE'S BESIDE THE SEA
SEA LYRICS
DAWN, THE HARVESTER
THE LILAC SEA
A SAILOR AMID THE HILLS
SUMMER BY THE SEA
DUSK AT SEA
THE SPEECH OF THE SEA
NIGHT BY THE SEA
AUTUMN BY THE SEA
MIST AT SEA
A SEA SCENE
MOONRISE BY THE SEA
A SEA SONG
A SYMPHONY OF THE SEA
If thou wouldst win the rhythmic heart of things,
Go sit in solitude beside the shore,
Giving thine ear to the eternal roar
And every mystic message that it brings;—
Eddas of ancient, unremembered kings,
And runes that ring with long-forgotten lore,
All myths and mysteries from the years of yore
Ere Time grew weary on his journeyings.
And more from that imperious sibyl, Sea,
Thou mayest learn if thou wilt hearken well,
When God's white star-fires beacon home the ships;
The solemn secrets of infinity,
Unto the inner sense translatable,
Hang trembling ever on her darkling lips.