Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAITH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: The sea was breaking at my feet
Last Line: "there is! There is!"" replied."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Sea; Belief; Creed; Theology; Ocean


THE sea was breaking at my feet,
And looking out across the tide,
Where placid waves and heaven meet,
I thought me of the Other Side.

For on the beach on which I stood
Were wastes of sands, and wash, and roar,
Low clouds, and gloom, and solitude,
And wrecks, and ruins -- nothing more.

"O, tell me if beyond the sea
A heavenly port there is!" I cried,
And back the echoes laughingly
"There is! there is!" replied.





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