Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BY THE SEASHORE (FRAGMENT), by WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE


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BY THE SEASHORE (FRAGMENT), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Upon the reedy margin of the shore
Last Line: Not grieved and not elate.
Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore


Upon the reedy margin of the shore,
Shallow and waste, I stand,
And hear far Ocean's low continuous roar
Over the flats and sand.

The wide gray sky hangs low above the verge,
No white-winged sea-bird flies;
No sound, save the eternal-sounding surge,
With equal fall and rise.

While the salt sea-wind whispers in my ears,
Fitful and desolate,
I seem absolved from the departed years,
Not grieved and not elate.





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