OWHAT is that whimpering there in the darkness? @3"Let him lie in my arms. He is breathing, I know. Look. I'll wrap all my hair round his neck." -- "The sea's rising, The boat must be lightened. He's dead. He must go."@1 See -- quick -- by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, The cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, And the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover And wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat. @3"Come, lady, he's dead." "No, I feel his heart beating. He's living, I know. But he's numbed with the cold. See, I'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him"----- -- "No. We can't keep the dead, dear. Come, loosen your hold. "Come. Loosen your fingers." -- "O God, let me keep him!"@1 O, hide it, black night! Let the winds have their way! For there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, To fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY HAPPINESS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DEAF HOUSE AGENT by KATHERINE MANSFIELD LAURA SLEEPING; ODE by CHARLES COTTON THE FALL; A GREAT FAVORIT BEHEADED by LUIS DE GONGORA SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE by SIDNEY LANIER THE MOWER'S SONG by ANDREW MARVELL MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 3 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |