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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEA LOVER, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I cannot be what the sea is
Last Line: And changeful constancy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: I cannot be what the sea is
Last Line: And changeful constancy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
I cannot be what the sea is
To you who love the sea,
Its ease of empty spaces,
Its soothing majesty;
To the many moods of the ocean
Go back, for here in me
Is only its sad passion
And changeful constancy.
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