Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.
George William Curtis 1824–1892
George William Curtis151 “O listen to the sounding sea”
O
That beats on the remorseless shore,
O listen! for that sound will be
When our wild hearts shall beat no more.
For sitting folded close to me, You could not hear a sweeter song Than that hoarse murmur of the sea.