God be with thee, gladsome Ocean! How gladly greet I thee once more! Ships and waves, and ceaseless motion, And men rejoicing on thy shore. Dissuading spake the mild Physician, 'Those briny waves for thee are Death!' But my soul fulfilled her mission, And lo! I breathe untroubled breath! Fashion's pining sons and daughters, That seek the crowd they seem to fly, Trembling they approach thy waters; And what cares Nature, if they die? Me a thousand hopes and pleasures, A thousand recollections bland, Thoughts sublime, and stately measures, Revisit on thy echoing strand: Dreams (the Soul herself forsaking), Tearful raptures, boyish mirth; Silent adorations, making A blessed shadow of this Earth! O ye hopes, that stir within me, Health comes with you from above! God is with me, God is in me! I cannot die, if Life be Love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 11 by JAMES JOYCE NOT OURS THE VOWS by BERNARD BARTON INFANT JOY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE WAY TO ARCADY by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER SONNET TO MRS. REYNOLD'S CAT by JOHN KEATS A WISH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE YOUNG THAT DIED IN BEAUTY by WILLIAM BARNES |