 W1129 POEM, POSSIBLY WRITTEN BY MARGARETTE BARKER LERNED [MCQUESTEN] Nov 1 1824 To: From: [Adams Female Academy,1 Londonderry, New Hampshire] The Ocean Hail mighty ocean in thy calm repose Most beauteous, yet sublime; rolling thy waves Majestic far beyond the utmost stretch Of keenest vision; fit emblem art thou Of eternity. Oft have I sat gazing On thy tranquil greatness, till my soul Absorbed in holy contemplation, roared Above earthly things, to him, thy Maker. But thy bosom tranquil now, and beautiful, I have seen heaving with angry tumult, And I've heard the roar of thy voice terrific While thy imperious surge thou liftedst Mountain on mountain high, bearing aloft The trembling Pilot's noble bark creaking Beneath the fury of thy main. Nor fear, Nor oath profane, nor humblest prayer, Could quell the tumult of thy rage Till He whose hand meted out thy waves Spake the word, and hushed to peace. 1 For a note on Adams Female Academy, and on Margarette Barker Lerned, see W1100. 2 The poem is in Margarette Lerned's handwriting. It is not know if she composed it. In the upper left-hand corner she has written "No. 2" and crossed it out and replaced it with "No. 7." |
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