"The Shimmer Of The Sound" By Richard Le Gallienne ----- In the long shimmer of the Sound May I some day be laughing found, Part of its restless to and fro, A humble worker of the tides That round the sleepless planet flow, And in the rock and drift of things - And in the rock and drift of things (O how the sea-weed sways and swings! Is it her hair - has she been found In the long shimmer of the Sound!) In the long shimmer of the Sound Do some small task I do not know - O maybe help the mussel grow, Or tint the shell-imprisoned pearl - A mute companion of the waves That toss within their moonlit graves - Is it a king, or but a girl? And, all the while, she sings and sings, And waves her wild white hands with glee, Mysterious sister of the world, That singing water called the sea. (O how the sea-weed sways and swings! Is it her hair - has she been found In the long shimmer of the Sound!) (O tell me was this sea-weed found In the long shimmer of the Sound!)