Hannah Flagg Gould Professions : Poet Born : 1789 Died : 1865 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Hannah Flagg Gould Alone I walked on the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stooped, and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, the day. As onward from the sport I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. Hannah Flagg Gould ocean sports hands The north! the north! from out the north What founts of light are breaking forth, And streaming up these evening skies, A glorious wonder to our eyes! Hannah Flagg Gould light eye sky Wisdom, Power and Goodness meet Hannah Flagg Gould wheat goodness fields Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors