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Night And Storm At Gloucester

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I heard the wind last night that cried and wept     Like some old skipper's ghost outside my door;     And on the roof the rain that tramped and tore     Like feet of seamen on a deck storm-swept.     Against the pane the Night with shudderings crept,     And crouched there wailing; moaning ever more     Its tale of terror; of the wrath on shore,     The rage at sea, bidding all wake who slept.     And then I heard a voice as old as Time;     The calling of the mother of the world,     Ocean, who thundered on her granite crags,     Foaming with fury, meditating crime.     And then, far off, wild minute guns; and, hurled     Through roaring surf, the rush of sails in rags.

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