Weathered homes beside the sea debate the endless tide,
and proudly claim to those who pass, good fortune is the bride
of those who live beside the sea and take her ways for theirs,
and cast upon her open waves their promises and cares.
For where but on these beaten shores is witness to the role
that time is victor over all and captures every soul.

- Joe Syiek, 1973
Weathered homes beside the sea debate the endless tide, and proudly claim to those who pass, good fortune is the bride of those who live beside the sea and take her ways for theirs, and cast upon her open waves their promises and cares. For where but on these beaten shores is witness to the role that time is victor over all and captures every soul.