Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Middle States: Rockaway, N. Y. | | Rockaway | | Henry John Sharpe |
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ON old Long Island’s sea-girt shore, | |
| Many an hour I ’ve whiled away, | |
| In listening to the breakers’ roar | |
| That wash the beach at Rockaway. | |
| Transfixed I ’ve stood while Nature’s lyre | 5 |
| In one harmonious concert broke, | |
| And catching its Promethean fire, | |
| My inmost soul to rapture woke. * * * * * | |
| To hear the startling night-winds sigh, | |
| As dreamy twilight lulls to sleep; | 10 |
| While the pale moon reflects from high | |
| Her image in the mighty deep; | |
| Majestic scene where Nature dwells, | |
| Profound in everlasting love, | |
| While her unmeasured music swells, | 15 |
| The vaulted firmament above. | | | | |
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