...pain, While the laws of the universe thunder in vain. What is the folly of man to me ? I am the Sea. I am the Sea. The earth I sway ; Granite to me is...sinks in caves ; The iron cliffs that edge the land 11 I grind to pebbles and sift to sand, And beach-grass bloweth and children play In what were the...

...continents sink and rise. Out of my bosom the mountains grow, Back to its depths they crumble slow. The iron cliffs that edge the land I grind to pebbles and sift to sand ; I comfort the earth with rains and snows Till waves the harvest and laughs the rose. Flower and forest...

...continents sink and rise. Out of my bosom the mountains grow, Back to its depths they crumble slow. The iron cliffs that edge the land I grind to pebbles and sift to sand; I comfort the earth with rains and snows Till waves the harvest and laughs the rose. Flower and forest...