Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG BY THE SHORE, by RICHARD HOVEY


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First Line: Lose and love,' is love's first art
Last Line: The strong surf sobbing!
Subject(s): Seashore; Beach; Coast; Shore


"LOSE and love" is love's first art;
So it was with thee and me,
For I first beheld thy heart
On the night I last saw thee.
Pine-woods and mysteries!
Sea-sands and sorrows!
Hearts fluttered by a breeze
That bodes dark morrows, morrows, --
Bodes dark morrows!

Moonlight in sweet overflow
Poured upon the earth and sea!
Lovelight with intenser glow
In the deeps of thee and me!
Clasped hands and silences!
Hearts faint and throbbing!
The weak wind sighing in the trees!
The strong surf sobbing, sobbing, --
The strong surf sobbing!






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