Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TEMPEST NIGHT, by JOEL T. ROGERS


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TEMPEST NIGHT, by                    
First Line: Wind in the void, where the white stars shake
Last Line: And the night hangs heavily years and years?
Subject(s): Sea; Sea Voyages; Storms; Weather; Wind; Ocean


WIND in the void, where the white stars shake,
And the storm scud shivers across the moon,
There is fire, there is flame, there is storm in the sky!
Beloved, your eyes are half awake
To the murmuring music of an old tune,
The voice of sorrow long gone by;

Sorrow long gone, but now more near
Than the measureless tumult of your heart.
Even this hour of music seems
A withered woe, and dry, and sere
When the violins cease, and the dancers part,
And the voices vanish like frail dreams.

There is fire, there is flame, there is storm in the night!
The shore is stounded by surge and surge,
And the dark arms of the stalwart tides.
Hear to the shadow and sound of delight;
The music of laughter and whispers verge,
They are one, they are naught, and naught abides.

Beloved, your eyes are half awake —
Do you watch the flame and storm on the sea,
And the black disaster which nears and nears
Till the poplars bend, and the cedars break,
And the music hushes silently,
And the night hangs heavily years and years?





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