Songs About Life and Brighter Things Yet XIX
It drinks up all — and yet the sea Exceeds not its capacity; Alas, how much a man must fret To keep himself as strong — and wet!
Samuel Hoffenstein
It drinks up all — and yet the sea Exceeds not its capacity; Alas, how much a man must fret To keep himself as strong — and wet!
In four quick lines, Samuel Hoffenstein sets the sea next to a human being and finds the sea enviably calm. The sea can take in all the rivers and rain that pour into it without ever overflowing or exceeding its capacity; it simply holds everything.
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