[Poems by Cooke in] Hillside and Seaside in poetry a companion to "Roadside poems" |
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SWEET SUMMER NIGHT. |
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SWEET SUMMER NIGHT.
Sweet summer night beside the sea,
Cast all thy sweet life over me,
Thy silence and serenity,
Thy healing and content.
The rushing waves that fall and break
Unutterable music make,
And words that no man ever spake
Are to its measure lent.
Cast all thy sweet life over me,
Thy silence and serenity,
Thy healing and content.
The rushing waves that fall and break
Unutterable music make,
And words that no man ever spake
Are to its measure lent.
The salt wind kisses into rest
Both languid eye and fevered breast;
The cool gray rock, with seaweeds drest,
Gives shadow still with strength;
The bitter and baptismal sea
With living water sprinkles me:
Slow Patience sets her bondsman free,
And blesses him at length.
Both languid eye and fevered breast;
The cool gray rock, with seaweeds drest,
Gives shadow still with strength;
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With living water sprinkles me:
Slow Patience sets her bondsman free,
And blesses him at length.
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