Echoes of the Heart in a Quiet Shore Poem
A speaker contemplates whether the surf’s roar mirrors the heart yet concludes the sound merely fills the silence. The narrator confesses rigidity and pallor, likening themselves to something aged and cold.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1858
Page
1
A speaker contemplates whether the surf’s roar mirrors the heart yet concludes the sound merely fills the silence. The narrator confesses rigidity and pallor, likening themselves to something aged and cold.
In a long memoir from an elderly aunt in Tarrytown the narrator recalls a family history of seven siblings, the death of parents, and a beloved nephew Ralph Henry the scholar. She details Ralph Henry’s sensitive temperament, his dream to be more than a farmer, and the tensions with Josiah Rowe over his son’s future, weaving in faith, memory, and a vow to support him through schooling and hardship.
A German-speaking man in the police commissioner's office requests an order to execute a dog after a biting incident. The officer clarifies the man seeks authority to deal with the dangerous animal, not a human, and the man demands swift justice. The scene ends with the man preparing to punish the dog owner or animal itself, while a plate line jokes about a soap ad and a Swift quip about cleanliness.
The piece notes six weeks of rainfall May 1 to June 12 in a broad US swath, with May around ten inches and daily May-June totals near fifteen inches across a thousand mile east–west and 750 mile north–south span. It cites floods and warnings to come as rivers like the Mississippi surge, while blaming no single cause and pondering global dryness elsewhere. It also includes errant moralizing and excerpts on manners and social conduct.
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