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    By the Sea and Other Verses
    By the Sea and Other Verses
    By the Sea and Other Verses
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    By the Sea and Other Verses

    By Hannah Lavinia Baily

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      By the Sea and Other Verses - Hannah Lavinia Baily

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      Title: By the Sea and Other Verses

      Author: Hannah Lavinia Baily

      Release Date: July 15, 2012 [EBook #40237]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES ***

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      BY THE SEA

      AND OTHER VERSES

      By

      H. Lavinia Baily

      BOSTON

      RICHARD G. BADGER

      The Gorham Press

      1907

      Copyright 1907 by H. Lavinia Baily

      All Rights Reserved

      The Gorham Press, Boston

      CONTENTS

      BY THE SEA

      AND OTHER VERSES

      MYSELF AND YOU

      There are only myself and you in the world,

      There are only myself and you;

      'Tis clear, then, that I unto you should be kind,

      And that you unto me should be true.

      And if I unto you could be always kind,

      And you unto me could be true,

      Then the criminal courts might all be adjourned,

      And the sword would have nothing to do.

      A few fertile acres are all that I need,—

      Not more than a hundred or two,—

      And the great, wide earth holds enough, I am sure,

      Enough for myself and for you.

      The sweet air of heaven is free to us all;

      Upon all fall the rain and the dew;

      And the glorious sun in his cycle of light

      Shines alike on myself and on you.

      The infinite love is as broad as the sky,

      And as deep as the ocean's blue,

      We may breathe it, bathe in it, live in it, aye,

      It is life for myself and for you.

      And the Christ who came when the angels sang

      Will come, if the song we renew,

      And reign in his kingdom,—the Prince of Peace,—

      Reigning over myself and you.

      O, then, may I be unto you always kind,

      And be you unto me always true;

      So the land may rest from its turmoil and strife,

      And the sword may have nothing to do.

      BY THE SEA

      AN ARGUMENT FOR PEACE

      "You do but dream; the world will never see

      Such time as this you picture, when the sword

      Shall lie inglorious in its sheath, and be

      No more of valorous deeds incentive or reward."

      The ocean breezes fanned them where they sat,

      At leisure from life's conflict, toil and care,

      Yet not unthoughtful, nor unmindful that

      In all its weal and woe they held their share.

      The rose-light charm and pride of earliest youth

      A chastening touch had toned to lovelier hue,

      And the white soul of purity and truth

      Looked out alike from eyes of brown and blue.

      I covet your fair hope, he spake again,

      "I cannot share it; all the hoary past

      Denies that mightier prowess of the pen

      The poet claims, and proves it still surpassed

      "By sword and musket and the arts of war.

      And 'twere not so,—the query will return,

      Albeit such conflict we must all abhor—

      How should the fires of patriotism burn?

      "Their flames

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