
Sea-Dews Pearls and Rubies

by Rebecca Sherman
Title
Sea-Dews Pearls and Rubies
Artist
Rebecca Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Gate finial at Christ Church Cemetery, located in Port Republic, Calvert County, Maryland.
He stands beside the ocean of the Past,
A diver. Pearls and hydras can she bring,
Shells for the child and crystals for the king.
Prone on her reefs the sea-essaying mast
And keels that dared the hurricane are cast -
Trophies of tides invincible that swing
Around the islands where the Sirens sing,
The magic of whose song is hers at last.
Some shadow of the glory she restores,
Tho' wave and wind devour the Ships of Dream;
For many mark her ere the fall of night,
When the surf's sound is mighty on her shores,
Singing, as wildly on her bosom gleam
The sea-dews, and the rubies of the light.
George Sterling, "Memory".
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December 14th, 2011
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