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“NO MORE SEA.”
The holy seer of Patmos told
Of visions of a world to be,
Eternal, calm, and where the sea
Shall round the earth no more be rolled.
Of visions of a world to be,
Eternal, calm, and where the sea
Shall round the earth no more be rolled.
And I, to whom the waves' long roar
Has ever been a sound of joy;
Who loved the ocean when a boy,
And now, in manhood, love it more;—
Has ever been a sound of joy;
Who loved the ocean when a boy,
And now, in manhood, love it more;—
I wondered long what this might mean,
If, in that second world sublime,
'Mid all the garnered wealth of time,
The ocean shall no more be seen;
If, in that second world sublime,
'Mid all the garnered wealth of time,
The ocean shall no more be seen;
Till flashed this meaning on my thought;—
The mystery, awful and profound,
That shuts our narrow being round,
Whereto at last our life is brought;
The mystery, awful and profound,
That shuts our narrow being round,
Whereto at last our life is brought;
This mighty mystery shall be known,
This ocean turned to solid land,
Whereon the sons of God shall stand,
And build, and use it as their own.
This ocean turned to solid land,
Whereon the sons of God shall stand,
And build, and use it as their own.
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