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| A Name In the Sand |
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| Mohja |
| 05/21/02 at 00:40:09 |
| A Name In the Sand Alone I walked the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stooped and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, the day; As onward from the spot I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast And washed my lines away. And so, I thought, 'twill quickly be With every mark on earth from me; A wave of dark oblivion's sea Will sweep across the place Where I have trod the sandy shore Of time, and been, to be no more,- Of me, my day, the name I bore, To leave no track nor trace. And yet, with Him who counts the sands, And holds the waters in His Hands, I know a lasting record stands Inscribed against my name, Of all this mortal part has wrought, Of all this thinking soul has thought, All from these fleeting moments cought, For glory or for shame. -George Denison Prentice |
| 05/21/02 at 00:41:20 |
| Mohja |
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