Sea-Waves

I.ift, O ! grey mlit. from the sea, Htde nol one brlgnt wave from me. Beel 'iIh Uiting, aud the un Tipa wlth glory ev'ry one. VVatcIi each tiny wavelet play T_'p the Mimi. Uien back- away, Kippllug ii p Míe pebbly llore, Kiu-h tlie other lapplng o'er; Krollcking In wanton glee, i in iilii-n oí the grand oíd sea. Hea-waves, as ye come and go ín your ceauelegs ebb and flow, Lave my earth-Ured, weary feet; Base their burnlng, cool thelr heat. Dash your white spray on my brow, lt ívsts my throbblng temples so. Cool, bright sea-waves, and ye bear O[i niir placid Ikmoiur there V inU'-wIncd sliipN from mauy a clime, 'üiitnst the fair sky tliere outllned. And 'nt'iilh your cool waves so deep, lM7.y sunflh buxk and sleep ; Ín your brlght reüection there We've read the rnermatdsdress thelr hair. Bat the scène Is changlng now, And eueli vessel dips her prow Deep In waves as black as nlght- Sic ihem diishing in Ihelr mlght! Tlie wind blows Iree, and wild, and strong. The inua waves wlldly dash aloug. Tlioy snarl and hlss bidden shoal, V Inri and toss, tlien onward roll. Llke a flerce courser lxund for home. Up the rwl miiuIs they leaplng come ; I' lun. trailing hack, they leave a line 0Í BpldMl sliclu and green sea vlnt'H. Bo, i liriulit waves! Iet me stand, Bet vnu npple up the sand. Watcb you with the moonbeaniR play II Ule and stek, then dart away. And you're beautlful, but when l'iu kness gathrrs o'er the maln. And youriiillows towerou high Till they seeni to reach thesky, You are grand, Kuhltme to me, V lid, majesllc, dear oíd sea.