By The Sea By The Sea |
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By The SeaBy The Sea
By The Sea
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free;
The holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in its tranquillity;
The gentleness of heaven is on the Sea:
Listen! the mighty being is awake,
And doth with his eternal motion make
A sound like thunder - everlastingly.
Dear child! dear girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear untouch`d by solemn thought
Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
Thou liest in Abraham`s bosom all the year,
And worship`st at the Temple`s inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.
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