Tears! tears! tears! In the night, in solitude, tears, On the white shore dripping, dripping, suck'd in by the sand, Tears, not a star shining, all dark and desolate, Moist tears from the eyes of a muffled head; O who is that ghost? that form in the dark, with tears? What shapeless lump is that, bent, crouch'd there on the sand? Streaming tears, sobbing tears, throes, choked with wild cries; O storm, embodied, rising, careering with swift steps along the beach! O wild and dismal night storm, with wind -- O belching and desperate! O shade so sedate and decorous by day, with calm countenance and regulated pace, But away at night as you fly, none looking -- O then the unloosen'd ocean, Of tears! tears! tears! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAINT OF THE DISGUSTED BRITON IN THE STATES by GEORGE SANTAYANA LOVELY CHANCE by SARA TEASDALE A HYMN FOR PROCESSION WITH CROSS AND BANNERS by SABINE BARING-GOULD TO MY HONOURED FRIEND DR. CHARLETON by JOHN DRYDEN ON THE ROAD by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR WINTRY WEATHER by DAVID GRAY (1838-1861) |