Poems (Coates 1916)/Volume II/In War-Time—Gazing Seaward

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Poems, Volume II by Florence Earle Coates In War-Time—Gazing Seaward

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IN WAR-TIME

GAZING SEAWARD

BREAKERS that beat against the shore  With pulsing throb and angry roar And multitudinous meanings evermore,— Ye are to me as souls untaught of pain,  That bent upon a fruitless quest Still dash themselves 'gainst barrier laws in vain;  But, oh, beyond your tumult and unrest, Is Ocean like the Everlasting Will,— So vast, so deep, so still!