A Sea-Side Walk
e he sea,
After a day wly
Of its ohe Princess weird
ing the Genius, scorched and seared,
Uttered ory!
And sank adown, an heap of ashes pale;
So runs tale.
the sky above us showed
An universal and unmoving cloud,
On o see
Only tline of ty,
As master-minds, he crowd!
And, ser grey
Ss moon-taught way.
Nor moon nor stars .
t dare to tread so soon about,
trembling, in tsteps of the sun.
t s nor days, but one
y in its doubt;
And Silences impassioned breathings round
Seemed o sound.
O solemn-beating
Of nature! I t
Bound unto mans by cords sever---
And, ime they are slackened by him ever,
So to attest ,
Still runnetion fast and strong,
the slackened cord along.
For though we never spoke
Of ter anal the shaded rock,---
Dark one, unconsciously, were fused
Into tive speaking t we used,
Of absent friends and memories unforsook;
And, hers face, we had
Seen haply, each was sad.