Lines, Written on the Sea Shore
Amelia Alderson Opie
1769 to 1853
Above, lo! cloud to cloud succeeds,
Below, the waves in surges roll,
Bounding and white, as Grecian steeds,
That bore their monarch to the goal.
Now his swift wings the sea bird lowers,
For well he reads the angry skies,
And ere the storm its fury pours,
For shelter to the rock he flies.
Bird of the wave! when dangers threat,
When life looks dark and conflicts roar,
Should deep remorse and vain regret
Rouse in my heart desponding fear;
May I for shelter seek, like thee,—
Shelter, which can all fears remove,
And to my rock of refuge flee;
A dying Saviour's pardoning love!
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