Poem “When” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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American Literature – American Poetry – Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Poems of reflection
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When

I dwell in the western inland,
  Afar from the sounding sea,
But I seem to hear it sobbing
  And calling aloud to me,
And my heart cries out for the ocean
  As a child for its mother’s breast,
And I long to lie on its waters
  And be lulled in its arms to rest.

I can close my eyes and fancy
  That I hear its mighty roar,
And I see its blue waves splashing
  And plunging against the shore;
And the white foam caps the billow,
  And the sea-gulls wheel and cry,
And the cool wild wind is blowing
  And the ships go sailing by.

Oh, wonderful, mighty ocean!
When shall I ever stand,
Where my heart has gone already,
There on thy gleaming strand I

When shall I ever wander
Away from this inland west,
And stand by thy side, dear ocean,
And rock on thy heaving breast?

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American Literature – American Poetry – Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox – Poems of reflection

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