Sunday, August 27, 2023

August / H. Cordelia Ray


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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