A Meeting At Night

The gray sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its' speed I 'the slushy land

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch 
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears
Than the two hearts beating each to each
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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