Ocean's Lullaby

There are none of love's daughters
That are as lovely as thee;
Like the ripple of still waters
Is your sweet music to me.
Then the murmur was causing
The wild ocean's mad pausing;
And the waves lay still gleaming
While the ebb tide rose dreaming.

The moonshine is weaving
Bright silver beams on the deep;
With the waves gently heaving
The grey gulls fast asleep.
So the stars shine before you
And the wind sighs to adore you;
With a song so full of emotion
Like the surge of the ocean.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 6/16/2014 8:47:00 PM
This is so beautifully written Lizzie. You've created an awesome picture and your rhymes are perfectly created. I can hear the waves of the ocean in the far distance. You are such a talented writer. Thank you for sharing this artistic work.
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Date: 5/20/2012 3:14:00 PM
A lovely, lilting cadence and exceptional rhyme! It almost lulled me to sleep! Well done, Lizzie!! :)
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Date: 12/11/2011 5:10:00 PM
HarHo! So now I see... 'Tis other than me... Has such thoughts but all a'sea! Silver beams, wind-songs, grey gulls and star-shine... all for us to feel... Thy pen doth make it real. SeaWolf
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Date: 10/27/2011 1:17:00 PM
Hello Elizabeth, this is a wonderful write. A beautiful vision of the ocean.
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Date: 10/25/2011 11:30:00 AM
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! It WORKED. Wake me up in about an hour, Elizabeth. (Grrrreat lullaby!) Luv, Gwendolen
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Date: 10/24/2011 7:26:00 AM
wow, this is wonderful, Elizabeth. You describe it beautifully :)
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Date: 10/23/2011 2:54:00 PM
A beautiful flow that definitely moved me with it
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Date: 10/23/2011 11:48:00 AM
This flows with love like the ocean.
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Date: 10/22/2011 8:41:00 PM
A beautiful poem, rolling and heaving as if it were the ocean itself. Sweet music to an ocean lover. Love the line 'the wild ocean's mad pausing;'.
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Date: 10/21/2011 7:06:00 PM
I love your wind's song, soothing and melodious. A beautiful write Elizabeth. Well done...Margaret
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Date: 10/21/2011 11:18:00 AM
This ones a real treat. The bumpy rhyme ride is great, and so is the poem. I am glad to be able to read your work again.
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Date: 10/21/2011 9:24:00 AM
,Good morning,~ LIZ ~ how are you this wonderful Friday :-) morning???? As for me, I'm missing everyone I know here on the soup PLUS more. *glad we are back up*. By the way I'm also stopping by to read a couple of poems OR commenting the ones I could not all week or yesterday, after being shut out for them awful few days..ENJOYED YOUR POEM, thank you for sharing! Take care and have yourself a wonderful Friday~ ;-) Always,..p.d.
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Date: 10/21/2011 6:59:00 AM
Poetically descriptive and quite imaginative too. xoxo Robert.
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Date: 10/21/2011 5:08:00 AM
Enjoyed reading this one..Very creative..I enjoyed the irregualar rhyming ...I liked the inging..Thanks for stopping by..Soup is on let's enjoy..Sara
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Date: 10/21/2011 5:06:00 AM
I've missed you these paste few days and wanted to come back to this poem again that reminds me so much of home. Still hoping to get back there soon but things are still unsettled as to travel plans. Thank the stars our "Soup" is back!
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Date: 10/15/2011 8:41:00 PM
Smile, *^_^* “Your Beauty Has Such A Wonderful Gift In Rhyme My Dear Precious & Priceless, Blessed & Beautiful Friend Elizabeth! *^_^* Tis Is As Flowing River In Picturesque This, Melodic Treasure You Hold Amid Your Splendours Brush *^_^* She Is Beautiful Isn't She &, Sooo Are You My Dear * Muy Magnifico!” === My Love, Always, Jasper *
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Date: 10/15/2011 7:06:00 PM
Feel like I've just been rocked to comfort on adoration's swells. Beauty write, beauty night to ya~N
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Date: 10/15/2011 5:30:00 PM
Great Lizzie. I can hear the waves breaking. Tony
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Date: 10/15/2011 4:32:00 PM
Lovely write. Emotes peace and sersnity.
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Date: 10/15/2011 4:23:00 PM
This reminds me of hanging out and sometimes camping/sleeping on the beaches around Tampa Bay so many good years ago. What a WONDERFUL little piece of poetry and O by the way... Soup Mail Sweety-Pie:) :( < > ):
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Date: 10/15/2011 3:54:00 PM
wow, what a soothing and beautiful lullaby. VEry well written, Elizabeth!
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Date: 10/15/2011 3:43:00 PM
What a fantastic write Lizzie! I can feel the ocean flowing creating a dreaming state of love! Great moonshine as well, love that!!
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Date: 10/15/2011 2:30:00 PM
super write,,,,so enjoyed it,,,i have been trying to dedicate more time on this sight,,cause i love to read all the neat poems,,,thanks for all your kind comments,,,they really make me feel great about my writing,,,john...
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Date: 10/15/2011 2:17:00 PM
Wonderful write!!!!!!!!====Lori
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