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First Line: There is remembered terror in your touch
Last Line: And bitter healing of the roots of seas.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawson, David, Mrs.
Subject(s): Wind


There is remembered terror in your touch
Of spruce and palm and cedar -- the wild trees
That strain against the dawns. Drained life of these
You carry . . . that have tamed a million such . . .
You that have out-lived ruth and known the wills
Of seas on islands. . . too alone with them . . .
And heard men cry out on their gods to stem
Earth, unanimous, rising from her hills.. . . .

And clawed moon-harried tides thoughout the wide
Low-swinging night . . . breaking the long stride
Of stars. You know of old harsh remedies,
Wind -- cleansed of salt, with delicate cool tips
Light as a blind girl's fingers on my lips --
And bitter healing of the roots of seas.





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