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The Churchyard by the Sea by Jesse C. Howden (1857 - 1935)

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Mrs. Jesse Howden was a Scottish Poet. Some of her work was featured in the Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Art. This poem is taken from the No. 8.—Vol. I., Saturday, February 23, 1884 issue. (Summary by David Lawrence)
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The Churchyard by the Sea by Jesse C. Howden, read for librivox.org by [your name].
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A MEMORY.

Across the waste of years I see
One spot for ever soft and green,
Which, shrined within my memory,
In evening glow or morning sheen,
Tells of the golden, vanished years,
When smiles came oftener far than tears.

A churchyard by the restless sea,
Where, in deep calm and dreamless sleep,
The Dead lay resting peacefully,
Unheeding the tempestuous deep;
Careless alike of sun and breeze,
Or ebbing of those changeful seas.

And oft when shipwreck and despair
Came to the little sea-beat town,
Pale women, with dishevelled hair,
To the wild shore went hurrying down,
And tenderly dead eyes would close,
And smooth dead limbs for long repose.

Full many a weary, storm-tossed wight,
Year after year, in quiet was laid,
Safe from the blustering storms of night,
In this green spot, and undismayed,
Slept close beside the breakers’ roar,
Whose wrath should mar his rest no more.

And over each low-sleeping head,
Where thymy turf grew green and soft,
The wild bee hummed, and rosy-red
The brier-flower bloomed, and up aloft
The fleecy clouds went drifting by
Like shades, across the summer sky.

And ever as the years go by,
And one by one old memories creep
From out the sweet Past solemnly,
I seem to see, beside the deep,
That little, lonely, silent spot,
With many a childish dream enwrought.
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Thank you Rohan. :thumbs:
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David -

Thanks for choosing this one from a relatively unknown poet -

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Thank you Phil. :thumbs: ...thank you for suggesting this one. :D
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Thank you Helen and Lee. :thumbs:
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ehl17 wrote: April 20th, 2021, 7:46 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/churchyard_howden_el_128kb.mp3

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Welcome to LibriVox Eric :D , good first reading.
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Thank you Graham. :thumbs:
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Thank you Bruce. :thumbs:
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Mine is 2.48:
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