Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PRINT BY HOKUSAI, by FLORENCE KILPATRICK MIXTER


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A PRINT BY HOKUSAI, by                    
First Line: Of what avail
Last Line: And fill the night with death!
Subject(s): Wind


Of what avail
The tiny winds that call
To the indifferent sea? To ships a-sail
The twilight's silver pall
Whispers of night
Without one ripple stirred.
But on the shoals three fishermen in white
Are watching . . . They have heard. . . .
How still the ships! --
So soon to feel the breath
Of winds that rush to meet the sea's cold lips
And fill the night with death!





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