Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE VOICE AMONG THE DUNES by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: I HAVE HEARD THE SEA-WIND SIGHING
Last Line: BREATHES DROWNëD SIGHS.
Subject(s): DEATH; DROWNING; DUNES; SEA; VOICES; WIND; DEAD, THE; OCEAN;
I have heard the sea-wind sighing
Where the dune-grasses grow,
The sighing of the dying
Where the salt tides flow.

For where the salt tides flow
The sullen dead are lifting
Tired arms, and to and fro
Are idly drifting.

So through the grey dune-grasses
Not the wind only cries,
But a dim sea-wrought Shadow
Breathes drownëd sighs.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net