Poems (Schiller)/Beautiful sea
Later Poems
BEAUTIFUL SEA
Beautiful sea, so deep and wide,
Many bright gems thy waters hide;
Shells of every form and hue
Lie hidden beneath thy waters blue,
Many bright gems thy waters hide;
Shells of every form and hue
Lie hidden beneath thy waters blue,
Bright is the gleam of thy snow-capped waves;
Ah! who would dream that myriad graves
Pave thy low streets, and fair human locks,
Entwine with the Algae that deck thy dark rocks?
Ah! who would dream that myriad graves
Pave thy low streets, and fair human locks,
Entwine with the Algae that deck thy dark rocks?
Wild are the tales thy dark grottoes could tell,
How the coy mermaids with treacherous spell
Woo the unwary down to their last sleep
'Mid the coralline beds of the beauteous deep.
How the coy mermaids with treacherous spell
Woo the unwary down to their last sleep
'Mid the coralline beds of the beauteous deep.
Many an argosy, rich with the weight
Of wealth untold, and the precious freight
Of human life, has sailed from shore
And sunk 'neath thy waves to rise no more.
Of wealth untold, and the precious freight
Of human life, has sailed from shore
And sunk 'neath thy waves to rise no more.
Beautiful sea! when the storm rages high,
Beautiful still, when calm as the sky,
And yet more beautiful when the moonbeams
Impart to thy waves their silvery gleams.
Beautiful still, when calm as the sky,
And yet more beautiful when the moonbeams
Impart to thy waves their silvery gleams.
Beautiful sea! we must bid thee farewell,
When we ascend with immortals to dwell;
For in that land where spreads the Life-tree,
One hath foretold there shall be no more sea.[1]
October 21, 1869.
When we ascend with immortals to dwell;
For in that land where spreads the Life-tree,
One hath foretold there shall be no more sea.[1]
October 21, 1869.
- ↑ Revelations 21: 1.