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