I Am Standing Upon the Seashore
Henry Van Dyke
1852 to 1933
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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and spar as she was when she left my side
Gone from my sight. That is all.
just where the sea and sky come
she hangs like a speck of white cloud
And that is dying.
to mingle with each other.
load of living freight to her destined port.
And just at the moment when someone
"Here she comes!"
I am standing upon the seashore.
for the blue ocean.
A ship at my side spreads her white
sails to the morning breeze and starts
Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
She is just as large in mast and hull
Then, someone at my side says;
There are other eyes watching her coming,
"Gone where?"
and other voices ready to take up the glad shout;
"There, she is gone!"
at my side says, "There, she is gone!"
I stand and watch her until at length
and she is just as able to bear her
She is an object of beauty and strength.