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Samuel Taylor Coleridge - On Revisiting The Sea-Shore, After Long Absence, Under Strong Medical Recommendation Not To Bathe
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God be with thee, gladsome Ocean!
  How gladly greet I thee once more!
Ships and waves, and ceaseless motion, 
  And men rejoicing on thy shore.

Dissuading spake the mild physician,
  `Those briny waves for thee are death!`
But my soul fulfilled her mission,
  And lo!  I breathe untroubled breath!

Fashion`s pining sons and daughters,
  That seek the crowd they seem to fly,
Trembling they approach thy waters;
  And what cares Nature, if they die?

Me a thousand hopes and pleasures,
  A thousand recollections bland,
Thoughts sublime, and stately measures,
  Revisit on thy echoing stand:

Dreams (the soul herself forsaking), 
  Tearful raptures, boyish mirth; 
Silent adorations, making
  A blessed shadow of this Earth!

O ye hopes, that stir within me,
  Health comes with you from above!
God is with me, God is in me!
  I cannot die, if Life be Love.
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