The Unrolling Expanse

Before my eyes, The sea stretches far; An infinite scroll of chiffon Rolling and unrolling In shades of green and sapphire A calm expanse with feeble waves In its sedate hours of brooding silence As if siezed by an uncanny lassitude Lying in majesty, Swinging in ecstasy. Within this mammoth silver submarine, How many mysterious live forms thrive! What curious shaped corals, what varied sea urchins! What wealth of fish, what gigantic mammals! Between the blue sky above And the blue sea below I see seagulls fly, The long beaked pelicans prey, Grampuses heaving their huge forms, Above the calm surface And the milky spray Tossing shiny pearls Upon the stretching naked strands. I can see a distant sail And the hull of a ship, Gliding over undulating waves, Leaving a frothy trail behind With water churning and spiraling around Where sharks and seals and dolphins swim Piles of silver clouds move above And the golden sands stretch below With periwinkles, crabs and shells Scattered by the receding waves Splashing tides, dancing weeds Rising crescendo, falling rhythm Oh! What a splendid scene In the rosy gleam of this evening! And what delectable mélange Of tinkling sensory delights!