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“Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me.”

Break Sea Cold Ocean Stones Tongue Arise Gray

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Let them make their war. Whence come night and day? Whence will the eagle become gray? Whence is it that night is dark? Whence is it that the linnet is green? The ebullition of the sea, How is it not seen?”

War Night Dark Sea Green Gray Eagles

Author:Taliesin

“Up from the sea, the wild north wind is blowing, under the sky's gray arch. Smiling, I watch the shaken elm boughs, knowing It is the wind of March.”

Watches Knowing Sea Sky Wind March Gray Arches North Wind

Book:Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems

Source: Personal Poems, Complete Volume IV., the Works of Whittier: Personal Poems

“The gray-green stretch of sandy grass,Indefinitely desolate;A sea of lead, a sky of slate;Already autumn in the air, alas!One stark monotony of stone,The long hotel, acutely white,Against the after-sunset lightWithers gray-green, and takes the grass's tone.”

Long White Air Sea Sky Stones Green Grass Tone Sunset Hotel Autumn Gray Alas Starks Slate Monotony Desolate Sandy

Author:Arthur Symons

“The moon is bleached as white as wool, And just dropping under; Every star is gone but three, And they hang far asunder,-- There's a sea-ghost all in gray, A tall shape of wonder!”

Three Stars White Wonder Gone Sea Shapes Moon Ghost Tall Gray Twilight Dropping Wool

Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

“I can watch elephants (and elephants alone) for hours at a time, for sooner or later the elephant will do something very strange... There is mystery behind that masked gray visage, and ancient life force, delicate and mighty, awesome and enchanted, commanding the silence ordinarily reserved for mountain peaks, great fires, and the sea.”

Source: African Silences

“The gray silence, the gray waves, the gray wastes of the sea.”

Silence Sea Waste Wave Gray

Author:William Sharp