Ocean

The ebb and flow of glimm’ring tide,

Reflecting rays of sun,

Creeps onward, its display of light

Awak’ning shores of dun.

It brightly gleams as noonday comes

To clothe the earth in heat,

And waters cool, and green sea-foam

Relieve worn trav’ller’s feet.

For ages long, the sea shall beat

That coastline, that same land, 

And sun reflect from ocean’s peaks

That crash upon the sand.

Photograph taken at Mount Pleasant, SC