The ocean said to me once, "Look! "Yonder on the shore "Is a woman, weeping. "I have watched her. "Go you and tell her this -- "Her lover I have laid "In cool green hall. "There is wealth of golden sand "And pillars, coral-red; "Two white fish stand guard at his bier. "Tell her this "And more -- "That the king of the seas "Weeps too, old, helpless man. "The bustling fates "Heap his hands with corpses "Until he stands like a child "With a surplus of toys." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ABANDONED RANCH, BIG BEND by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE FAT LADY by HAYDEN CARRUTH BIRTHDAY POEM FOR THOMAS HARDY by CECIL DAY LEWIS ABOVE HALF MOON by JAMES GALVIN THE MEASURE OF THE YEAR by JAMES GALVIN TO BE LIKED BY YOU WOULD BE A CALAMITY by MARIANNE MOORE TO A LADY WHO HAD OFFERED HIM A WREATH OF LAUREL by GEORGE SANTAYANA |