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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372380" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Land versus the Sea</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">To the man on the shore, the sea <br>With its vast expanse, appears lovely; <br>With sparkling waves of immense beauty, <br>That calms the mind of its devotee! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The incessant roar of sea-waves is awesome, <br>And drowns the ears which welcome; <br>Time seems to have come to a halt<br>To those who sit by the water with salt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The foam and froth and spray fill the air-<br>A treat to the eyes which watch and stare; <br>The sand under the feet too slips and goes<br>Back to the sea, its home, of course! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sea is home to creatures lot; <br>Its breeze is so cool to skins that are hot; <br>The lives of fishermen on it depend; <br>A watery grave to some, it may just end.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who can deny the sea doesn’t bring mirth<br>To mankind, right from its very birth? <br>Oh, once it spanned the whole surface of the earth, <br>Receding just before the first man got his first breath.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But to the man in a ship caught in a storm, <br>The land holds hope and appears calm-<br>A haven to those who desire less harm, <br>That keeps sailors off deep seas, warm.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sea is hope to fishermen, may be; <br>The land is hope to men amidst a stormy sea; <br>With joy and sadness in both surely, <br>They live in threatened amity! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And yet, at other times, the sea<br>Is a scene of great tranquility; <br>Twirling its waves high, infinitely; <br>And tossing them onshore in spontaneity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, what shall we call it- necessity, <br>Enmity or Nature’s harmony; <br>Or the land’s immeasureable agony, <br>That’s an endless pity? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or is it a show of love and of hate, <br>From time immemorial that won’t abate? <br>And yet, the sea takes the upper hand, <br>Gnawing the coastline of the land-<br>That changes so very often, <br>Sometimes, becoming misshapen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What’s the sea without the land? <br>What’s a shore without its sand? <br>A struggle for existence: <br>A land in hapless defense? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is hope and joy in both; <br>There are dangers lurking stealth; <br>Yet, both obey the Maker’s word, <br>That remains to mankind, always unheard! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 11-14-2001</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q>
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With its vast expanse, appears lovely; 
With sparkling waves of immense beauty, 
That calms the mind of its devotee! 

The incessant roar of sea-waves is awesome, 
And drowns the ears which welcome; 
Time seems to..."></div>
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