Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SEA SONG, by EUNICE MITCHELL LEHMER


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A SEA SONG, by                    
First Line: Dizzy with hurrying to and fro
Last Line: And the youth of my heart was the youth of the sea!
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean


Dizzy with hurrying to and fro,
Weary with pushing still on and on,
Fearful of changes that swift or slow
Leave those who loiter behind, and go
Steadily, stealthily on,
From the land where tomorrow holds tyrant sway,
I went to the kingdom of yesterday.

Over the sand still the sea-gull flew,
White on the headland still broke the foam
Still on the reef clinging sea-weed grew;
Winds with the tang that Magellan knew
Carried the glistening foam;
And the sea-song of Homer was sounding yet
Where the time-scarred earth and the young sea met.

Gone was the weight of my hurried years,
Gone with my footprints that marked the sand;
Strong as the sea-bird that boldly steers
Into the rollers, and silent hears
The song of the sea and the sand,
I sprang to the breakers that beckoned me,
And the youth of my heart was the youth of the sea!





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