Sea Desire

Oh, I'm yearning to-day for a sight of the sea,
  With its long, low-lying reaches;
For the gray blue, whipped into quivering white,
  And the yellow sand on the beaches.

And I long for the sound of the wind in the grass
  Where it curves round the open spaces; -
For the mystic, wavering, murmuring tide,
  And the folk with the lonely faces.

- Louise Whitefield Bray, 1912.