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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE NIGHT, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: O wind, why break in idle pain
Last Line: This thing that hath no grave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Hearts; Immortality; Pain; Waves; Wind; Suffering; Misery
First Line: O wind, why break in idle pain
Last Line: This thing that hath no grave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Hearts; Immortality; Pain; Waves; Wind; Suffering; Misery
O wind, why break in idle pain
This wave that swept the seas?
Foam is the meed of barren dreams
And hearts that cry for peace!
Lift then, O wind, this heart of mine,
And whirl aside in foam;
No—wander on, unchanging heart,
The undrowning deeps thy home!
Less than a billow of the sea
That at the last doth no more roam,
Less than a wave, less than a wave,
This thing that hath no home,
This thing that hath no grave.
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