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WAITING by ETHELYN MILLER HARTWICH

First Line: MY WINDOW LOOKS UPON THE SEA
Last Line: EXPERIENCE IN LIVING.
Subject(s): HOPE; LOVE; OPTIMISM;
My window looks upon the sea
Across far shining beaches
Where endless sunlit waves ride free
Beyond the sandy reaches.

My woman's soul is on that sea,
A venturing bark returning,
With the gracious gift of God for me
Responsive to my yearning.

The sweet winds sigh through white-flung sails
Soft as an angel's winging,
Into the stress of harbor gales
Divine adventure bringing.

And so I wait, and waiting know
The magnitude of giving
A human soul, for weal or woe,
Experience in living.



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