Adam Lindsay Gordon - I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me

I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchnor the heaven above her As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.

- Adam Lindsay Gordon

source: The Swimmer', stanza 5, collected in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870).

topic: Strong, Sea, Shining, Strong Love, Secret Places