Mine is the eddying foam and the broken current

    METRUM PRAXILLAE

    STREAM AND POOL

    MINE is the eddying foam and the broken current. 
    Thine the serene-flowing tide, the unshattered 
         rhythm ; 
    Light touches me on the surface with glints of sunshine. 
    Dives in thy bosom disclosing a mystic river : 
    Ruffling, the wind takes the crest of my waves resurgent. 
    Stretches his pinions at poise on thy even ripples : 
    What is my song but the tumult of chafing forces. 
    What is thy silence. Beloved, but enchanted music !