PERMANENCE - by Anonymous

PERMANENCE by Anonymous     The granite shore rebuked the sea:     "Why do you vary hour by hour     Changeful and restless ? Look at me     And learn how quiet matches power."     The sea made answer to the shore:     "Out from the water's boundless reign     The land rose; I was here before.     The shores will sink, but I remain."     Then to the two a Voice replied:     "Both sea and shore will fail and fall;     I only evermore abide,     The source and final home of all."