THE ROCK. I am the Rock, Sea!
I am set to encounter thee.
Angry and loud or gentle and still,
I am set here to limit thy power, and I will!
I am the Rock!
I am the Rock. From age to age
I scorn thy fury and dare thy rage.
Scarred by frost and worn by time,
Brown with weed and green with slime,
Thou may’st and me and spit in my face,
But while I am here thou keep’st thy place!
I am the Rock!
I am the Rock, Sea!
I know thou art fair as fair can be,
With golden glitter and silver sheen,
And of blue and garments of green.
Thou may’st pat my cheek with baby hands,
And lap my feet in diamond sands,
And play before me as children play;
But plead as thou , I bar the way!
I am the Rock!
I am the Rock. Black midnight falls;
The terrible breakers rise like walls;
With curling lips and gleaming teeth
They and tear at my bones beneath.
Year upon year they grind and beat
In storms of thunder and storms of sleet,—
Grind and beat and and tear,
But the rock they beat on is always there
I am the Rock!
THE SEA.
I am the Sea. I hold the land
As one holds an apple in his hand,
Hold it fast with eyes,
Watching the continents sink and ............