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letra de the sea-shore - letitia elizabeth landon - ghizela rowe

i should like to dwell where the deep blue sea
rock’d to and fro as tranquilly
as if it were willing the halcyon’s nest
should shelter through summer its beautiful guest
when a plaining murmur like that of a song
and a silvery line come the waves along:
now bathing—now leaving the gentle shore
where shining sea-sh-lls lay scattered o’er

and children wandering along the strand
with the eager eye and the busy hand
heaping the pebbles and green sea-weed
like treasures laid up for a time of need
or tempting the waves with their daring feet
to launch, perhaps, some tiny fleet:
mimicking those which bear afar
the wealth of trade—and the strength of war

i should love, when the sun-set reddened the foam
to watch the fisherman’s boat come home
with his well-filled net and glittering spoil:
well has the noon-tide repaid its toil
while the ships that lie in the distance away
catch on their canvass the crimsoning ray;
like fairy ships in the tales of old
when the sails they spread were purple and gold
then the deep delight of the starry night
with its shadowy depths and dreamy light:
when far away spreads the boundless sea
as if it imaged infinity
let me hear the winds go singing by
lulling the waves with their melody:
while the moon like a mother watches their sleep
and i ask no home but beside the deep

- ghizela rowe

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