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I STAND beside the waves,--the mournful waves,--
Where thou didst stand in silence and in fear,
For thou wert train'd by custom's haughty slaves,
And love, from such as I, disdain'd to hear;
Yet, with the murmur of the echoing sea,
And the monotonous billows, rolling on,
Were mingled sounds of weeping,--for in thee
All nature was not harden'd into stone:
And from the shore there came a distant chime
From the old village-clock;--ah! since that day,
Like a dull passing-bell each stroke of time
Falls on my heart; and in the ocean spray
A voice of lamentation seems to dwell,
As in that bitter hour of agonised farewell!
Sonnet Xii
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton
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Poem topics: farewell, fear, heart, nature, ocean, sea, silence, time, voice, shore, hear, clock, bitter, stone, train, Valentine's Day, love, I love you, stand, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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