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THE UNDERSONG by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: I HEAR THE SEA-SONG OF THE BLOOD IN MY HEART
Last Line: AND OF TEARS?
Subject(s): AGING; HEARTS; NATURE; PAIN; SEA; SUFFERING; MISERY; OCEAN;
I hear the sea-song of the blood in my heart,
I hear the sea-song of the blood in my ears:
And I am far apart,
And lost in the years.

But when I lie and dream of that which was
Before the first man's shadow flitted on the grass,
I am stricken dumb
With sense of that to come.

Is then this wildering sea-song but a part
Of the old song of the mystery of the years—
Or only the echo of the tired heart
And of tears?



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