The people along the sand <br />All turn and look one way. <br />They turn their back on the land. <br />They look at the sea all day. <br /> <br />As long as it takes to pass <br />A ship keeps raising its hull; <br />The wetter ground like glass <br />Reflects a standing gull <br /> <br />The land may vary more; <br />But wherever the truth may be- <br />The water comes ashore, <br />And the people look at the sea. <br /> <br />They cannot look out far. <br />They cannot look in deep. <br />But when was that ever a bar <br />To any watch they keep?<br /><br />Robert Frost<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/neither-out-far-nor-in-deep/
