(a repost. revised, and an extra stanza)

Soothed within it`s scythe of sand
The docile sea dozed at her feet,
Scarce a breeze disturbed the land
And the distance was a hush of heat.

The sun`s light, shimmering from the skies,
Lit the bay-sea green and blue
And, glimmering down her deeps of eyes,
Lit her lucent soul all through.

It seemed as if the whole world`s light
Was gathered in this tiny bay
Lending it`s radiance to the sight
- this vision - at the crest of day.

She stood where land and water meet
In all her simple charms
While Neptune gently at her feet
Laid his long salaams.

She proffered me her hand, and I
Helped her mount the grassy slope,
Where she took possession of the sky
And wore it`s azure cope.

She sat there in the hill`s green fold
And loosed her hair. Unbound,
It spilled - a crock of sunset gold-
Glistening, to the ground

Since then my heart is captive still,
And will forever ever be:
Carol`s…of the high, green hill, 
Queen of the sunlit sea.