WATCH HILL.
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But yesterday the invalid,
As gazing o'er the sea's expanse,
Would fain have made his grave amid
Its mysteries, forever hid
From cold unsympathetic glance.
As gazing o'er the sea's expanse,
Would fain have made his grave amid
Its mysteries, forever hid
From cold unsympathetic glance.
Beneath as lovely sunset skies
As Oriental lands may claim,
Chance lovers breathed regretful sighs
That ere another morn should rise,
The parting word their lips must frame.
As Oriental lands may claim,
Chance lovers breathed regretful sighs
That ere another morn should rise,
The parting word their lips must frame.
To-day, where are the multitude
From Earth's remotest corners met,
Who followed each capricious mood
That restless fancy might obtrude,
As whimsical as gay coquette?
From Earth's remotest corners met,
Who followed each capricious mood
That restless fancy might obtrude,
As whimsical as gay coquette?
All, all are fled, deserted now
Are sea and shore and glistening bay;
Forsaken Watch Hill's lonely brow
Confronts the elements that bow
To none but their Creator's sway.
Are sea and shore and glistening bay;
Forsaken Watch Hill's lonely brow
Confronts the elements that bow
To none but their Creator's sway.
In solitude one walks the shore
But yesterday by thousands trod,
And with a thrill unknown before
In Ocean's smile and Ocean's roar,
Beholds the majesty of God.
But yesterday by thousands trod,
And with a thrill unknown before
In Ocean's smile and Ocean's roar,
Beholds the majesty of God.
