The Sea - JP
Channel: Zurito
Date: 2011-12-19

Beautiful, sublime, and glorious; 
Mild, majestic, foaming, free, -- 
Over time itself victorious, 
Image of eternity! 

Sun and moon and stars shine o'er thee, 
See thy surface ebb and flow, 
Yet attempt not to explore thee 
In thy soundless depths below. 

Whether morning's splendors steep thee 
With the rainbow's glowing grace, 
Tempests rouse, or navies sweep thee, 
'Tis but for a moment's space. 

Earth, -- her valleys and her mountains, 
Mortal man's behests obey; 
The unfathomable fountains 
Scoff his search and scorn his sway. 

Such art thou, stupdendous ocean! 
But, if overwhelmed by thee, 
Can we think, without emotion, 
What must thy Creator be?

Words by Bernard Barton
Music by JP