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Death is the ocean of immortal rest; ... Where shines ’mid laughing waves a far-off isle for me Why fear? The light wind whitens all the brine, And throws fresh foam upon the marble shores; Or it may be that strong and strenuous oars Must force the shallop o’er the hyaline; But, welcome utter calm or bitter blast,— The voyage will be done, the island reached at last. ... Will it be thus when the strange sleep of Death Lifts from the brow, and lost eyes live again? Will morning dawn on the bewildered brain, To cool and heal? And shall I feel the breath Of freshening winds that travel from the sea, And meet thy loving, laughing eyes, Earine? ... O virgin world! O marvellous far days! No more with dreams of grief doth love grow bitter Nor trouble dim the lustre wont to glitter In happy eyes. Decay alone decays; A moment—death’s dull sleep is o’er and we Drink the immortal morning air, Earine.
Death is the ocean of immortal rest; ... Where shines ’mid laughing waves a far-off isle for me Why fear? The light wind whitens all the brine, And throws fresh foam upon the marble shores; Or it may be that strong and strenuous oars Must force the shallop o’er the hyaline; But, welcome utter calm or bitter blast,— The voyage will be done, the island reached at last. ... Will it be thus when the strange sleep of Death Lifts from the brow, and lost eyes live again? Will morning dawn on the bewildered brain, To cool and heal? And shall I feel the breath Of freshening winds that travel from the sea, And meet thy loving, laughing eyes, Earine? ... O virgin world! O marvellous far days! No more with dreams of grief doth love grow bitter Nor trouble dim the lustre wont to glitter In happy eyes. Decay alone decays; A moment—death’s dull sleep is o’er and we Drink the immortal morning air, Earine.
In print by 1921 AD · modern
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- Mortimer Collins (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1921 AD · modern
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 145 · printed citation: Mortimer Collins. · compiler notes excluded
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