The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
ON REVISITING THE SEA. |
The Poetry of Real Life | ||
ON REVISITING THE SEA.
Roll on, thou mighty Ocean, roll: and fillMine ear with thy memorial harmony,
Once more, as in the days which are gone by:
When first thy mighty voice my heart did thrill,
Making it gush, as from the rock the rill;
And, in thy lap, as in a cradle, I
Lay, listening to thy mighty lullaby,
The everlasting song thou singëst still!
Roll on, and let me think myself the same
As when first, in its freshness and its power,
Over thine azure brow the great Wind came,
Mingling its free breath with thy mighty roar.
Two voices, uttering díversely one name,
The name of Him, whom they alone adore!
The Poetry of Real Life | ||