The Pioneers of Martins Bay Quotes

“I stood upon the sandy shore
As evening shadows fell;
The sun was sinking in the west
Across the ocean swell.

O’er the sea the sun was casting
Each brightly tinted ray
As the waves came sweeping onwards
To the shore at Martins Bay.

The moon was rising o’er the hills
As the sun sank in the west,
And her silvery light was gleaming
On the ocean’s heaving breast.

And those ever moving waters
Sparkling brightly as they roar
Are dashed in foaming billows
On that wild and lonely shore.

All around are wooded hills
No matter where your eyes are turning;
You see no human habitation
Except where one lone light is burning.

Here solitude doth reign supreme,
All scenes are lonely and drear,
But there’s music in the lonlineness
Which solitude will make us hear.

A whispering sound among the trees,
There is music in the ocean’s roar,
There’s a voice in the wandering breeze
Which is sighing along the shore.

And the voice of nature speaks to us
In every flower that grows,
And the voice of God is calling us
In every breeze that blows.”
― Alice McKenzie, The Pioneers of Martins Bay