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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VANIITY, by CATHARINE MACADAM
First Line: The high screech of a swooping gull
Last Line: "there is no soul to the symphony!"
Subject(s): Vanity
First Line: The high screech of a swooping gull
Last Line: "there is no soul to the symphony!"
Subject(s): Vanity
The high screech of a swooping gull,
The said wail of a keening sea
And the loneliness of a lonely world
Blend in a heartless symphony.
A lone man on the highest cliff
Stretches his heart for God to see,
Shouts with his cries of human joy:
"I am the soul of the symphony!"
The sea rolls on. But suddenly
The lone man slips to a lower edge
And hurls with silent swiftness to
The long white beach at the sad sea's edge.
The high screech of a swooping gull,
The sad wail of a keening sea,
Meet in a tuneless shriek which cries:
"There is no soul to the symphony!"
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