English Poetry. Richard Watson Gilder. The New Day. Part 3. 15. Listening to Music. Ричард Уотсон Гилдер.

Richard Watson Gilder (Ричард Уотсон Гилдер)

The New Day. Part 3. 15. Listening to Music

When on that joyful sea
Where billow on billow breaks; where swift waves follow
Waves, and hollow calls to hollow;
Where sea-birds swirl and swing,
And winds through the rigging shrill and sing;
Where night is one vast starless shade;
Where thy soul not afraid,
Tho' all alone unlonely,
Wanders and wavers, wavers wandering;
On that accursèd sea
One moment only,
Forget one moment, Love, thy fierce content;
Back let thy soul be bent—
Think back, dear Love, O Love, think back to me!

Richard Watson Gilder’s other poems:

1. The New Day. Part 3. 30. The Sower
2. The New Day. Part 3. 22. The Lover’s Lord and Master
3. The New Day. Part 3. 23. Song (My love grew with the growing night)
4. The New Day. Part 3. 25. A Birthday Song
5. The New Day. Part 3. 26. “What Can Love Do for Thee, Love?”

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