Lines. "To the smooth beach the silver sea"

To the smooth beach the silver sea
  Comes rippling in a thousand smiles,
  And back again runs murmuringly,
  To break around yon distant isles.
  The sunshine, through a floating veil
  Of golden clouds, looks o'er the wave,
  And gilds, far off, the outline pale,
  Of many a rocky cape and cave.
  The breath of spring comes balmily
  Over the newly blossom'd earth;
  The smile of spring, on sea, and sky,
  Is shedding light, and love, and mirth.
  I would that thou wert by my side,
  As underneath the rosy bloom
  Of flowering orchard trees I ride,
  And drink their fragrant, fresh perfume;
  I would that thou wert by my side,
  To feel this soft air on thy brow,
  And listen to the chiming tide
  Along that smooth shore breaking now;
  I would that thou wert here to bless,
  As I do now, the love and care,
  That with such wealth of loveliness,
  Have made life's journeying-land so fair.