I Hear an Army
James Joyce
1882 to 1941
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I hear an army charging upon the land,
And ______ thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:
Arrogant, ______ black armour, behind them stand,
Disdaining the reins, with ______ whips, the charioteers.
They cry unto the night their battle-name:
I moan in sleep when I hear afar their ______ laughter.
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,
Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.
______ come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:
They ______ out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?
______ love, my love, my love, why have you left ______ alone?