A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L.
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O wish that’s vainer than the plash
Of these wave-whimsies on the shore:
“Give us a pearl to fill the gash—
God, let our dead friend live once more!”
O wish that’s stronger than the stroke
Of yelling wave and snapping levin;
“God, lift us o’er the Last Day’s smoke,
All white, to Thee and her in Heaven!”
O wish that’s swifter than the race
Of wave and wind in sea and sky;
Let’s take the grave-cloth from her face
And fall in the grave, and kiss, and die!
Look! High above a glittering calm
Of sea and sky and kingly sun,
She shines and smiles, and waves a palm—
And now we wish—Thy will be done!
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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