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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 | ||||||||
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! | Other Poems of Interest...AMOROSA AND COMPANY by CONRAD AIKEN DOG AFTER LOVE by YEHUDA AMICHAI TOGETHER IN GREECE by LINDA GREGG THE JEALOUS LOVERS by DONALD HALL WOMEN THEY COULD KILL FOR by PETER JOHNSON GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA |
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