Have you seen the streets in the sea? The streets with no houses to bound them, And only the wavelets around them, Yet running as straight as can be, White in the blue, Parallel too, Stretching afar Over the bar, Out to the islands and far away Beyond the curve of the sheltering bay -- Have you seen the streets in the sea? Who walks on these mystical streets? The breezes go racing along them, The dreams of maidenhood throng them, And fancy with fancy meets, Daintily gay, One with the day, Dancing along Swept by a song Out to a distant, shadowy shore, And they will come back to us nevermore Along the streets of the sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NUPTIAL SLEEP by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO BONDAGE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER COLONIAL SET by ALFRED GOLDSWORTHY BAILEY THE BALLAD OF BAZILE BORGNE: L'ENVOI by IDA COLE BARTLATT A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 37 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |