Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LONESOME WAVE, by HILDA CONKLING


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First Line: There is an island / in the middle of my heart
Last Line: No more silvery lonesome lapping of the long wave . . .


THERE is an island
In the middle of my heart,
And all day comes lapping on the shore
A long silver wave.
It is the lonesome wave;
I cannot see the other side of it.
It will never go away
Until it meets the glad gold wave
Of happiness!
Wandering over the monstrous rocks,
Looking into the caves,
I see my island dark, all cold,
Until the gold wave sweeps in
From a sea deep blue,
And flings itself on the beach.
Oh, it is joy, then!
No more whispers like sorrow,
No more silvery lonesome lapping of the long wave . . .





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