Kathleen Raine

Audio




All That Is...

All that is:
The unbroken surface of the sea
Bears ships and isles,
Shell-duck and eider in the bay;
Wings soar, wild voices cry.

Shining waves
Cast up fresh shells
On the sweet turf that covers the fine sand
Of innumerable gleaming lives.
Light fills all space
And all life joy,
All shores the sea, no place
For what has ceased to be.