Beyond,—beyond the stifling inland nooks Well loved of flowers and birds and butterflies, And dim caerulean depths of summer skies, And pebbly plashing meadow-sweet-lined brooks, Out to the far-off sea my spirit looks; And seeks with fiery passionate surmise The shore where the eternal sea-waves' eyes Watch their sea-birds,—as these trees watch their rooks. Beyond these valleys,—beautiful indeed,— Beyond these haunts of heron, hawk, and jay,— Beyond flower-sprinkled scented dappled mead,— @3Thou@1 art; and thy dark hair is wet with spray, O my sea-bird: and all my soul would speed, Repressless, towards our waves and thee to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KEENAN'S CHARGE by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP THE FINDING OF THE LYRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE SNOW MAN by WALLACE STEVENS WINTER SUNSET by EVA K. ANGLESBURG OUR PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TO MY HONOURED FRIEND MASTER THOMAS MAY, UPON HIS COMEDY, 'THE HEIR' by THOMAS CAREW |