Before the Squall

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons portrait

1865 to 1945

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The wind is rising on the sea,
It turned in an unquiet sleep.
Where the tormented beach receives
On the horizon’s nearing line,
Where the sky rests, a visible wall.
The buffets of the sea’s wild play.
Grey in the offing, I divine
That moans as if uneasily
The sails that fly before the squall.
Ridge after rocky ridge upheaves
A toppling crest that falls in spray
White flashes dance along the deep,

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