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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAY TO THE SEA, by ALICE MARY DOWD
First Line: Two mountain lakes serenely lie
Last Line: They both, at last, shall find the sea.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: Two mountain lakes serenely lie
Last Line: They both, at last, shall find the sea.
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
Two mountain lakes serenely lie
Beneath the peaceful summer sky,
Close-guarded by the hills that stand
Protectingly on either hand,
With rugged crags upreaching high.
But breezes come and breezes go,
And whisper soft and whisper low
A wondrous story of the sea;
The waters listen restlessly;
If they could know, could only know!
Two mountain brooks rejoicing leap
From stone to stone. The way is steep
For one; its waters swift and strong,
Resistless, reckless, dash along
And make themselves a channel deep.
The other finds a smoother way
O'er moss-grown banks, where sunbeams play.
Its waters to the river flow
Which onward moves, sedate and slow,
And broader grows from day to day.
From lake to sea the ways must be
Apart, and only the breezes free
Know that wherever the streams may flow,
And whether swift or whether slow,
They both, at last, shall find the sea.
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