August
Haste to the mighty ocean,
List to the lapsing waves;
With what a strange commotion
They seek their coral caves.
From heat and turmoil let us oft return,
The ocean's solemn majesty to learn.
~~
H. Cordelia Ray (1852-1916)
from Poems, 1910
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
DiscoA340, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, August 2022 (detail).
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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