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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BY THE SEA, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography
First Line: Last night a hand on my window tapped
Last Line: And the moan of the rising sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Dreams; Ghosts; Sea; Supernatural; Nightmares; Ocean
First Line: Last night a hand on my window tapped
Last Line: And the moan of the rising sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Dreams; Ghosts; Sea; Supernatural; Nightmares; Ocean
LAST night a hand on my window tapped,
A voice came out of the sea,
'Awake, awake, thou dreamer, wake,
And open thy door to me!'
What music this that so long was still,
What hand that I thought was cold?
'Come in, sweet ghost, from thy lonely bed,
For my longing arms to hold.'
I freed my door from the bolt and bar,
And the slow tears came to me,
For I heard no sound, save the tapping rain
And the moan of the rising sea.
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