{"id":86,"date":"2021-01-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poetry.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=86"},"modified":"2021-01-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T06:00:00","slug":"the-secrets-of-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-secrets-of-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secrets of the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>From <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1913-01-02\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\"><em>The Birmingham Age-Herald, January 2, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\n <em>By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.<\/em>\n \n\n Ah, what pleasant visions haunt me\n &nbsp; &nbsp; As I gaze upon the sea!\n All the old romantic legends,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; All my dreams come back to me.\n \n Sails of silk and ropes of sandal,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Such as gleam in ancient lore;\n And the singing of the sailors\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And the answer from the shore!\n \n Most of all the Spanish ballad\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Haunts one oft and tarries long,\n Of the noble Count Arnaldos\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And the sailors mystic song.\n \n Like the long waves on a sea-beach,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Where the sand as silver shines\n With a soft, monotonous cadence\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Flow its unrhymed lyric lines\u2014\n \n Telling how the count Arnaldos,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; With his hawk upon his hand,\n Saw a fair and stately galley\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Steering onward to the land\u2014\n \n How he heard the ancient helmsman\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Chant a song so wild and clear\n That the sailing sea-bird slowly\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Poised upon the mast to hear\u2014\n \n Till his soul was full of longing,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; And he cried with impulse strong\u2014\n \u201cHelmsman! For the love of heaven,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Teach me, too, that wondrous song!\u201d\n \n \u201cWouldst thou (so the helmsman answered),\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Learn the secret of the sea?\n Only those who brave its dangers\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Comprehend its mystery.\u201d\n \n In each sail that skims the horizon,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; In each landyard blowing breeze,\n I behold that stately galley,\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Hear those mournful melodies\u2014\n \n Till my soul is full of longing\n &nbsp; &nbsp; For the secret of the sea,\n And the heart of the great ocean\n &nbsp; &nbsp; Sends a thrilling pulse through me.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ah, what pleasant visions haunt me<br \/>\n     As I gaze upon the sea!<br \/>\n All the old romantic legends,<br \/>\n     All my dreams come back to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald","tag-henry-wadsworth-longfellow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}