by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860 - 1916)

A Sea Ghost
Language: English 
All night I heard along the coast 
The sea her grief outpour; 
And with the dawn arose a ghost 
To haunt the furrowed shore.

And when from out the gray mist rolled 
The sun above the town, 
A shipwrecked sailor came and told 
Of how the ship went down.

Then did I sudden understand 
The sobbing of the sea, 
And of that white ghost on the sand 
I knew the mystery.

Confirmed with Frank Dempster Sherman, Lyrics of joy, Boston, Mass.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904


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