The Poetry Corner

Under the Sea.

By Fannie Isabelle Sherrick

Under the sea, the great wide sea That sweeps the golden shore; What treasures lie beneath the waves Forevermore! Ask of the winds, the sobbing winds That toss the waves on high; And fling the burden of their song Unto the sky. Ask of the stars, the jeweled stars That sleep within the tide; Like golden lilies floating far, And swinging wide. Ask of the clouds that drift at noon In fadeless seas of blue, And looking down see skies beneath Of deeper hue. Up in the sky, the golden clouds Will never make reply; Deep in the sea, the jeweled stars In silence lie. Under the sea, the great wide sea That sweeps the golden shore, Are secrets hidden from us now And evermore.