The granite shore rebuked the sea: "Why do you vary hour by hour Changeful and restless? Look at me And learn how quiet matches power." The sea made answer to the shore: "Out from the water's boundless reign The land rose; I was here before. The shores will sink, but I remain." Then to the two a Voice replied: "Both sea and shore will fail and fall; I only evermore abide, The source and final home of all." |