<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413284" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Beside The Sea</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">ONE time he dreamed beside a sea<br>That laid a mane of mimic stars<br>In fondling quiet on the knee<br>Of one tall, pearlèd cliff; the bars<br>Of golden beaches upward swept;<br>Pine-scented shadows seaward crept.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The full moon swung her ripened sphere<br>As from a vine; and clouds, as small<br>As vine leaves in the opening year,<br>Kissed the large circle of her ball.<br>The stars gleamed thro' them as one sees<br>Thor' vine leaves drift the golden bees.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He dreamed beside this purple sea;<br>Low sang its trancéd voice, and he-<br>He knew not if the wordless strain<br>Made prophecy of joy or pain;<br>He only knew far stretched that sea,<br>He knew its name-Eternity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A shallop with a rainbow sail<br>On the bright pulses of the tide<br>Throbbed airily; a fluting gale<br>Kissed the rich gilding of its side;<br>By chain of rose and myrtle fast<br>A light sail touched the slender mast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'A flower-bright rainbow thing,' he said<br>To one beside him, 'far too frail<br>To brave dark storms that lurk ahead,<br>To dare sharp talons of the gale.<br>Beloved, thou wouldst not forth with me<br>In such a bark on such a sea?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'First tell me of its name.' She bent<br>Her eyes divine and innocent<br>On his. He raised his hand above<br>Its prow and answering swore, ''Tis Love!'<br>'Now tell,' she asked, 'how is it build-<br>Of gold, or worthless timber gilt?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Of gold,' he said. 'Whence named?' asked she,<br>The roses of her lips apart;<br>She paused-a lily by the sea.<br>Came his swift answer, 'From my heart!'<br>She laid her light palm in his hand:<br>'Let loose the shallop from the strand!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Isabella+Valancy+Crawford">Isabella Valancy Crawford</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413284" data-title="Beside The Sea de Isabella Valancy Crawford" data-description="ONE time he dreamed beside a sea That laid a mane of mimic stars In fondling quiet on the knee Of one tall, pearlèd cliff; the bars Of golden beaches upward swept; Pine-scented shadows seaward crept. The full moon swung her ripened sphere As fro..."></div> </div> </div>

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