The Swimmers.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1824, 15 March 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)

The Swimmers.

My mother sea, my fortres, what now strand, What new delight of waters may this be, Tae fairest found since time's first breeze^ fanned My mother sea ? 0 jce more I give me, body and soul to thee, Who hast my soul forever : cliff and sand Recede, and heart to heart once more are wo My heart springs first and plunges, ere my hand Strikes out from shore ; more clo3Q it brings to me, More near and dear than seems my fatherlaEd, My mother sea. Across and along, as the bay's breadth opens, and o'er us Wild autumn exults in the wind, swift lapture and strong laipels us, and broader the wild waves brighten before us Across and along. The whole world's heart is uplifted, and knows not wrong ; The whole world's life is a chant to the seatide's chorus ; Are we not as waves of the water, as notes of the song ? Like children unworn of the passions and toils that wore us, We breast for a season the bieadth of the seas that throng, Rejoicing as they, to be borne as of old thoy _„ bore us Across and along. — Algernon Siviiibimic.