[The soft low whisper of the wave]

The soft low whisper of the wave

Makes trilling music on the shore

Till one forgets the seas can rave

And answer storm blasts soar for soar

Half slumbering in that liquid flash

I lean against the grassy blank

And doubt if in the breakers’ dash

Ever some sturdy vessel sank.

 

Title
[The soft low whisper of the wave]
Alternative Title
The soft low whisper of the wave
Creator
George Shepard Burleigh
George Shepard BurleighGeorge Shepard Burleigh
Bibliographic Citation
"Unpublished Poems from the Manuscript Collection of Miss Bessy Grey of Little Compton," in Spies, Minnie Lee, George Shepard Burleigh. Masters’ Thesis, Department of English, Brown University, 1934, p. 74
Poems by George and Ruth Burleigh, edited by Mary Louise Brown, 1941, held by Little Compton Historical Society, Box A47.24
Date
1884
Subject
Ocean
Item sets
Burleigh Resources ALL
George Shepard Burleigh Poems
Media
[“The soft low whisper of the wave”][“The soft low whisper of the wave”]