WIND, and the sound of a sea Heard in the night from afar, Spending itself on an unknown shore, Feeling its way o'er an unseen floor Lighted by moon nor star; Telling a tale to the listening ear Of wounds and woes that the rolling year Hath brought to the human heart; Telling of passion and innermost pain, Sinking and swooning, and growing again, As the wind and the waves take part; Lifting a voice to the voiceless skies, Tender entreaties that faint for replies, Pauses of sorrow that pass into sighs Born of a secret despair; Fluttering back on the clear tide of tone, Gathering in force till the melody's grown Strong to interpret the accents unknown Haunting the dark fields of air; Speaking the longings of life, the full soul's Hidden desires in music that rolls Wave-like in search of a shore; Eddies of harmony, floating around, Widen in circles of lessening sound, Die in the distance, till silence is found And earth redemands us once more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH by WILFRED OWEN MAY MORNING by CELIA LEIGHTON THAXTER AT THE GRAVE OF BURNS; SEVEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SONNET TO BRITAIN by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE HUSBAND'S PETITION by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN PSALM 2 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |