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“I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fadeand flee; And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky, Has awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.”

Heart May Dies Stars White Sea Sadness Sky Lows Bird Blue Longing Beloved Flames Twilight Hung Tire Dissatisfaction Foam Rims Meteors White Birds

Book:Early Poems

Source: Early Poems

“Intellectual disgrace Stares from every human face, And the seas of pity lie Locked and frozen in each eye.”

Humans Eye Faces Lying Loss Sea Sadness Intellectual Pity Staring Locked Frozen Disgrace Human Faces

Author:W. H. Auden

“But what of life whose bitter hungry sea Flows at our heels, and gloom of sunless night Covers the days which never more return? Ambition, love and all the thoughts that burn We lose too soon, and only find delight In withered husks of some dead memory.”

Night Loses Memories Sea Sadness Return Sad Ambition Flow Delight Hungry Bitter Heels Gloom Withered

Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose

“I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women, And pity lovers rather more than seamen.”

Sea Sadness Lovers Sad Pity Stormy Seamen Stormy Seas

Book:DON JUAN

Source: DON JUAN

“The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the nerves. It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the pettiness of all our joys.”

“Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go.”

Source: Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Easyread Comfort Edition

“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this--through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication, we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime.”

Way Mind Force Sea Sadness Wall Drug Depression Stones Lifetime Alcohol Denial Internals Overwhelming Medication Sadness Of Life Work Family Overwhelming Force

Author:Kay Redfield Jamison

“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way we do this—through love, work, family, faith, friends, denial, alcohol, drugs, or medication—we build these walls, stone by stone, over a lifetime. One of the most difficult problems is to construct these barriers of such a height and strength that one has a true harbor, a sanctuary away from crippling turmoil and pain, but yet low enough, and permeable enough, to let in fresh seawater that will fend off the inevitable inclination toward brackishness.”

“Drifting, On a sea of forgotten teardrops, On a lifeboat, Sailing for Your love”

Sea Sadness Forgotten Sailing Drifting Lifeboats Teardrop

Author:Jimi Hendrix

“When all our tears have reached the sea, part of you will live in me.”

Sea Sadness Tears

Author:Tim McGraw