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THE VIGIL

All night the voice of the Wind
That none can hold or bind
Wakes with me. Why are you crying, Wind?
All night the grieving Rain
Weeps like a heart in pain,
What are they grieving for, Wind and Rain?
All night the sobbing Sea
Fretted, kept watch with me
Awake in the darkness, I and the Sea.
All night the Rain and the Wind
And the Sea that none can bind
Watched with me, wept with me, sad and kind.