Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG A THE DOCK'S END, by JOSEPH ELDRIDGE LOFTUS


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SONG A THE DOCK'S END, by                    
First Line: Wan moon of hope, the drenching fog has closed
Last Line: Inertia is death!! And I am death.
Subject(s): Pain; Suffering; Misery


Wan moon of hope, the drenching fog has closed,
The murky night is filled with phantom hands,
The opaque clouds trail down as if imposed
To gather from the glass-faced sea commands
For future mutual calamities.

Uncertain moon, my face is dark with doubt,
My cowl of misery, like yours, is drawn;
My fires of confidence are dampened out.
What hope for hopeless man? How soon will dawn
Deliver me from twined perplexities?

The vap'rous sky has cupped me in a cell,
The clinging fog denies me scene and sound;
My panic-racing thoughts I cannot quell,
As demon whisperings all plans confound!
Inertia is death!! And I am death.





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