<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477769" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On A Sea Wall</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sit upon the old sea wall,<br>And watch the shimmering sea,<br>Where soft and white the moonbeams fall,<br>Till, in a fantasy,<br>Some pure white maiden's funeral pall<br>The strange light seems to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The waters break upon the shore<br>And shiver at my feet,<br>While I dream old dreams o'er and o'er,<br>And dim old scenes repeat;<br>Tho' all have dreamed the same before,<br>They still seem new and sweet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The waves still sing the same old song<br>That knew an elder time;<br>The breakers' beat is not more strong,<br>Their music more sublime;<br>And poets thro' the ages long<br>Have set these notes to rhyme.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But this shall not deter my lyre,<br>Nor check my simple strain;<br>If I have not the old-time fire,<br>I know the ancient pain:<br>The hurt of unfulfilled desire,--<br>The ember quenched by rain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know the softly shining sea<br>That rolls this gentle swell<br>Has snarled and licked its tongues at me<br>And bared its fangs as well;<br>That 'neath its smile so heavenly,<br>There lurks the scowl of hell!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But what of that? I strike my string<br>(For songs in youth are sweet);<br>I 'll wait and hear the waters bring<br>Their loud resounding beat;<br>Then, in her own bold numbers sing<br>The Ocean's dear deceit!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Laurence+Dunbar">Paul Laurence Dunbar</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=477769" data-title="On A Sea Wall de Paul Laurence Dunbar" data-description="I sit upon the old sea wall, And watch the shimmering sea, Where soft and white the moonbeams fall, Till, in a fantasy, Some pure white maiden's funeral pall The strange light seems to me. The waters break upon the shore And shiver at my feet, Wh..."></div> </div> </div>

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