“You may smile at the fanciful structures I rear,
And say, that my castles are built but on sand;
Like bubbles, that on the blue waters appear,
That sparkle, invite, and then sink from the hand.”
Castle Building
The Fate of Adelaide (1821)
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"By The Sea", in The North American Review, Vol. 187 (February 1913) p. 234

Tiny Dancer
Song lyrics, Madman Across the Water (1971)

Source: I. Asimov

Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 158

“May I look on thee when my last hour comes; may I hold thy hand, as I sink, in my dying clasp.”
Te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora,<br/>Et teneam moriens deficiente manu.
Te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora,
Et teneam moriens deficiente manu.
Bk. 1, no. 1, line 59.
Variant translation: May I be looking at you when my last hour has come, and dying may I hold you with my weakening hand.
Elegies
"The Smile of My Child", Naked (2002).
“Sometimes grace works like water wings when you feel you are sinking.”
Source: Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith