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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAIN WOOING, by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY
First Line: Green walls of waves that tower up
Last Line: How still the dunes along the coast!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Ralph
Subject(s): Courtship; Jealousy
First Line: Green walls of waves that tower up
Last Line: How still the dunes along the coast!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Ralph
Subject(s): Courtship; Jealousy
Green walls of waves that tower up,
Great whorls of waves that curl and crash,
Swift whirls of spray in the billows' cup,
Bright nets of spume that coil and splash!
They sighing surge and soughing sob,
Sonorous, raucous, snarling host;
The sea is one terrific throb --
How still the dunes along the coast!
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