| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1332. The Sea’s Spell |
| | | By Susan Marr Spalding |
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| BENEATH thy spell, O radiant summer sea,— | |
| Lulled by thy voice, rocked on thy shining breast, | |
| Fanned by thy soft breath, by thy touch caressed,— | |
| Let all thy treacheries forgotten be. | |
| Let me still dream the ships I gave to thee | 5 |
| All golden-freighted in fair harbors rest; | |
| Let me believe each sparkling wave’s white crest | |
| Bears from thy depths my loved and lost to me. | |
| Let me not heed thy wrecks, nor count thy slain. | |
| As o’er-fond lovers for love’s sake forget | 10 |
| Their dearest wrongs, so I, with eyes still wet | |
| With thy salt tears, with heart still wrung with pain, | |
| Back to thy fierce, sweet beauty turn again, | |
| And though thou wreck me, will I love thee yet! | |
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