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Collected poems

by A. E. [i.e. G. W. Russell

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THE VOICE OF THE SEA

The sea was hoary, hoary,
Beating on rock and cave:
The winds were white and weeping
With foam dust of the wave.
They thundered louder, louder,
With storm-lips curled in scorn—
And dost thou tremble before us,
O fallen star of morn?