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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VOICES OF THE SEA, by THOMAS DURFEE
First Line: On the lone rocks of rye
Last Line: My spirit replieth.
Subject(s): Rye, New Hampshire; Sea; Ocean
First Line: On the lone rocks of rye
Last Line: My spirit replieth.
Subject(s): Rye, New Hampshire; Sea; Ocean
ON the lone rocks of Rye,
When the day grows dimmer,
And the stars from the sky
Shed a tremulous glimmer,
While the low winds croon,
And the waves, as they glisten,
Complain to the moon,
I linger and listen.
All the magical whole
Of shadow and splendor
Steals into my soul,
Majestic yet tender;
And the desolate main,
Like a sibyl intoning
Her mystical strain,
Keeps ceaselessly moaning.
I hear it spell-bound,
All its myriad voices, --
Its wandering sound,
And my spirit rejoices;
For out of the deep
And the distance it crieth,
And, deep unto deep,
My spirit replieth.
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