The Ocean by Nathaniel Hawthorne

28 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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Hawthorne's poem describes the ocean as a silent, solitary refuge beneath its turbulent surface, inhabited by awful spirits and offering peace to weary sailors. The deep waters are pure and blessed, contrasting sharply with earth's guilt, care, and restless graves.

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The Ocean by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The ocean has its silent caves, deep, quiet, and alone. Though there be fury on the waves, beneath them there is none. The awful spirits of the deep hold their communion there, and there are those for whom we weep the young, the bright, the fair. Calmly the wearied seamen rest beneath their own blue sea. The ocean solitudes are blessed, for there is purity. The earth has guilt, the earth has care. Unquiet are its graves, but peaceful sleep is ever there beneath The dark blue waves.