Nature
After the winds there is surcease
From Song-Waves (1900)
After the winds there is surcease;
Take courage, heart, and be at peace;
The printless beach, all combed and shining,
In beauty lies with its windrow fleece.
Impetuous as a torrent's speed
White horses raced this watery mead,
With manes of chrysoprase aflowing,
Each neighing loud to its neighbour steed.
The wastes that finger pebbly shores,
Unplowed by ship nor cut by oars,
His music wake as sweet as attar,
And flash in light as the heavenly floors.
Codex Note
From the sequence Song-Waves (1900)
Cite this poem
MLA
Rand, Theodore Harding. “After the winds there is surcease.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/88/.
Chicago
Rand, Theodore Harding. “After the winds there is surcease.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/88/.
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