Nature

After the winds there is surcease

by Theodore Harding Rand 1835–1900

From Song-Waves (1900)

Nature

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.

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From the sequence Song-Waves (1900)

MLA

Rand, Theodore Harding. “After the winds there is surcease.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/88/.

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Rand, Theodore Harding. “After the winds there is surcease.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rand_th/88/.

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