Love Poems – Page 2790
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Dover Beach
The Sea is calm to-night. / The tide is full, the moon lies fair / Upon the straits;—on the French coast the light … -
The Sea Shell
From “The Excursion,” Book IV. / I HAVE seen / A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract … -
The Shell
From “Gebir,” Book I. / I AM not daunted, no; I will engage. / But first, said she, what wager will you lay? … -
Hampton Beach
THE Sunlight glitters keen and bright, / Where, miles away, / Lies stretching to my dazzled sight … -
The Inchcape Rock
No stir in the air, no stir in the sea,— / The ship was as still as she could be; / Her sails from heaven received no motion; … -
“How ’s my boy?”
“ho, sailor of the sea! / How ’s my boy—my boy?” / “What ’s your boy’s name, good wife, … -
The Sailor’s Consolation
One night came on a hurricane, / The sea was mountains rolling, / When Barney Buntline turned his quid, … -
Poor Jack
Go, patter to lubbers and swabs, do ye see, / ’Bout danger, and fear, and the like; / A tight-water boat and good sea-room give me, … -
The Mariner’s Dream
In slumbers of midnight the sailor-boy lay; / His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind; / But watch-worn and weary, his cares flew away, … -
The Sea-Limits
Consider the sea’s listless chime: / Time’s self it is, made audible— / The murmur of the earth’s own shell. …
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