Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VIGIL, by CLAIRE AVEN THOMSON


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VIGIL, by                    
First Line: Wind is a fool tonight - fierce - unfed
Last Line: No telling what a fool will do!
Subject(s): Wind


Wind is a fool tonight ... fierce ... unfed ...
Better you boys take to your bed;
(A stormy night and a stormy day)
Egan and Lars ... be off, I say!

Wind is a fool tonight. What goes there
Beyond the lantern's fretting care?
For one long moment I thought a boat
Bewitched on the rocks of Dead Man's Throat!

Wind is a fool tonight. Egan and Lars
To bed, I say! Nor moon ... nor stars
To mark the eve of your father's going ...
A lonely heart and a fool wind blowing!

I shall keep watch the night and through;
No telling what a fool will do!





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