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First Line: Far out at sea I hear the wind complain
Last Line: Till there is no more sea, and winds are dumb?
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Wind


FAR out at sea I hear the wind complain, --
With the old plaint that vexed my childish ear,
And seemed the cry of spirits drawing near
To sob their incommunicable pain.
Whence did they come, and whither go again?
My very heart stood still with sudden fear
When the forlorn approach I used to hear
Of all the shuddering, melancholy train.

And lo, in this night's vigil far at sea,
The same long cry! -- Are they unpardoned yet?
Does the old pain still goad them till they come,
Unsheltered souls, to sob once more to me
Of some dead wrong they never can forget
Till there is no more sea, and winds are dumb?






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