Thou art the same, eternal sea!

The earth has many shapes and forms,

Of hill and valley, flower and tree;

Fields that the fervid noontide warms,

Or winter’s rugged grasp deforms,

Or bright with autumn’s golden store;

Thou coverest up thy face with storms,

Or smilest serene,—but still thy roar

And dashing foam go up to vex the sea-beat shore.

Lunt.