Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
Apart
By John James Piatt (18351917)A
On shore are dreaming shells,
And the waiting heart and the loving lips,
Blossoms and bridal bells.
On shore are longing eyes,
And the far horizon’s haunting dream
Of ships that sail the skies.
Like spectres from the deep;
On shore are the ghosts of drowning cries
That cross the waves of sleep.
On shore are shells that moan,
Old anchors buried in barren sand,
Sea-mist and dreams alone.