“The
sky above us showed
An
universal and unmoving cloud,
On
which, the cliffs permitted us to see
Only
the outline of their majesty,
As
master-minds, when gazed at by the crowd!
And,
shining with a gloom, the water grey
Swang
in its moon-taught way.”—English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861),
“A Sea-Side Walk,” in Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Poems and Letters (Everyman’s Library, 2003)
While
vacationing in Hilton Head, SC, in November 2014, I took a day trip to the
nearby Lowcountry community of Beaufort. It also impressed me with its lovely
seaside views, as you can tell from this photo I took at the time.
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