@3Upon the world's great shore in song Like waves the words beat to and fro, -- A lyric tide that sings along The ways of life wherein I go. Their messages I set in rhyme And dream that I may yet find one That shall endure until the time When the last songtide is outrun. I ask but once to touch the dust Of this old earth to melody, -- To leave one lyric I can trust To live for all eternity.@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORTRAIT OF A BABY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET CONTRA MORTEM: THE ECSTASY by HAYDEN CARRUTH DESPAIR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN A SWEDISH GRAVEYARD by EMMA LAZARUS AT NIGHT; SONNET by AMY LOWELL DOMESDAY BOOK: MRS. MURRAY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |