Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEA LAND, by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN



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First Line: Vexed with herself, the sea returning sighs
Last Line: She gives herself to slumber and to dreams.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean


Vexed with herself, the Sea returning sighs
To think she scorned the ever steadfast Land,
Who waits for her and reaches either hand
Under the sombre shadow of the skies,
That as a cloak across his shoulders lies.
She answers not the jealous Wind's demand,
But hurries on until upon the strand
She turns unto her Lover with fond eyes.

There as of old at dawn again they meet,
And of the day the promises are sweet
As those forgotten were. The sunlight beams
Upon her face half-hidden in his breast,
Where for a moment's space of peace and rest
She gives herself to slumber and to dreams.





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