If thou wert standing by yon tide, <br />And I were standing by thy side, <br />Methinks a death I could contrive, <br />Pleasanter than the life I live. <br />For I would lay me at thy feet, <br />And like a snowy winding-sheet, <br />The foaming fringes of the sea <br />Should roll themselves all over me, <br />And draw me but a little way <br />Into that cradle huge and gray, <br />And rock me all so tenderly, <br />And sing one sobbing lullaby, <br />And then unwind their foldings deep, <br />And lay me gently, fast asleep, <br />At thy dear feet, where I would lie <br />And sleep through all eternity.<br /><br />Frances Anne Kemble<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lines-written-by-the-sea/
