The Smile Of The Sea
Reading edition
O the sun’s molten gold seems to spatter and spill O’er the wavelets so dazzlingly bright, As they dance to the songs of the sandpiper’s shrill With their numberless sparkles of light. For the languorous winds with their deft fingers press Those wrinkles of sapphire and flame, And the fires they enkindle all surge to express A shout of exultant acclaim. How they twinkle and glitter like sparks from the steel While the gilded foam chuckles with glee, Till all nature, attuned to the rapture they feel Seems aglow with the smile of the sea.
