<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354156" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Seaward to____</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">HOW long it seems since that mild April night,<br>When, leaning from the window, you and I<br>Heard, clearly ringing from the shadowy bight,<br>The loon’s unearthly cry!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Southwest the wind blew, million little waves <br>Ran rippling round the point in mellow tune,<br>But mournful, like the voice of one who raves,<br>That laughter of the loon!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We called to him, while blindly through the haze<br>Uprose the meagre moon behind us, slow, <br>So dim, the fleet of boats we scarce could trace,<br>Moored lightly just below.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We called, and, lo, he answered! Half in fear<br>We sent the note back. Echoing rock and bay<br>Made melancholy music far and near; <br>Sadly it died away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That schooner, you remember? Flying ghost!<br>Her canvas catching every wandering beam,<br>Aerial, noiseless, past the glimmering coast<br>She glided like a dream. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Would we were leaning from your window now,<br>Together calling to the eerie loon,<br>The fresh wind blowing care from either brow,<br>This sumptuous night of June!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So many sighs load this sweet inland air, <br>’T is hard to breathe, nor can we find relief:<br>However lightly touched, we all must share<br>This nobleness of grief.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But sighs are spent before they reach your ear;<br>Vaguely they mingle with the water’s rune; <br>No sadder sound salutes you than the clear,<br>Wild laughter of the loon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Celia+Thaxter">Celia Thaxter</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354156" data-title="Seaward to____ de Celia Thaxter" data-description="HOW long it seems since that mild April night, When, leaning from the window, you and I Heard, clearly ringing from the shadowy bight, The loon’s unearthly cry! Southwest the wind blew, million little waves Ran rippling round the point in mell..."></div> </div> </div>

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