Face-down was I upon a sea, And not a planet swung in space Could mark a form that under me Rose to my embrace. What face I kissed, no moons disclose; My eager lips drank in the deep, And vast, mysterious limbs were those Which rippled me to sleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT KENNEBUNKPORT by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE COMET AT YELL'HAM by THOMAS HARDY THE SECRET OF THE SEA by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE CASE OF ALBERT IRVING WILLIAMSON by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IF I ONLY WAS THE FELLOW by WILL S. ADKIN |