The Starfish
. . . the whale it whistled, the porpoise roll’d, And the dolphins bared
their backs of gold.
from The Sea by Barry Cornwall
I spread my star-points wide and dream, dream, dream …. Lord, an
angel could root me up from the bottom of the sea and set me back in
Your sky. Oh! One day could that be?
Amen.
from The Starfish by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold Translated from the
French by Rumer Godden
