Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNDERSONG, by WILLIAM SHARP


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First Line: I hear the sea-song of the blood in my heart
Last Line: And of tears?
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
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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