Epes Sargent

  • A Life on the ocean wave,
      A home on the rolling deep;
    Where the scattered waters rave,
      And the winds their revels keep!
    Like an eagle caged I pine
      On this dull, unchanging shore:
    O, give me the flashing brine,
      The spray and the...

  • The cold blast at the casement beats;
      The window-panes are white;
    The snow whirls through the empty streets;
      It is a dreary night!
    Sit down, old friend, the wine-cups wait;
      Fill to o’erflowing, fill!
    Though winter howleth at the gate,...

  • A life on the ocean wave,
      A home on the rolling deep,
    Where the scattered waters rave,
      And the winds their revels keep!
    Like an eagle caged, I pine
      On this dull, unchanging shore:
    Oh! give me the flashing brine,
      The spray and the...