Poem by Cale Young Rice

The Wind's Word

A star that I love,
  The sea, and I,
Spake together across the night.
  "Have peace," said the star,
  "Have power," said the sea;
"Yea!" I answered, "and Fame's delight!"
  The wind on his way
  To Araby
Paused and listened and sighed and said,
  "I passed on the sands
  A Pharaoh's tomb:
All these did he have--and he is dead."

1. Off the Irish Coast
2. Cosmism
3. Finitude
4. I Know Your Heart, O Sea!
5. Sea-Hoardings

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