Poems of the sea

Poems Of The Sea is an awesome anthology of classic poetry that celebrates the sea, from the power of a stormy ocean to the ships, sailors & beaches strewn with shells. For generations, poets have taken inspiration from the ocean mists & rugged coastlines to conjure up adventures on the high seas or joyous days at the seaside. From Emily Dickinson’s morning dog walks by the shore, to the river running through Sara Teasdale’s sunny valley, from Walt Whitman’s fish-filled forests, to the silent ships passing in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s dark ocean, really precious poems to cherish.

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Beyond the sea

Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
My heart is gone far, far from me,
And ever on its track will flee,
My thoughts, my dreams, beyond the sea.

Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
The swallow wanders fast and free,
Oh, happy bird! were I like thee,
I, too, would fly beyond the sea.

The sea, the sea, the open sea! 
The blue, the fresh, the ever free! 
Without a mark, without a bound, 
It runneth the earth’s wide regions round,
It plays with the clouds, it mocks the skies, 
Or like a cradled creature lies. 

I ’m on the sea, I ’m on the sea! 
I am where I would ever be,
With the blue above and the blue below, 
And silence wheresoe’er I go,
If a storm should come and awaken the deep, 
What matter? I shall ride and sleep. 

—–Barry Cornwall

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