Euchenor Chorus (From “The City”)
July 5, 2023Amends to Nature
July 5, 2023Before the Squall
The wind is rising on the sea,
The windy white foam-dancers leap;
And the sea moans uneasily,
And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.
Ridge after rocky ridge uplifts,
Wild hands, and hammers at the land,
Scatters in liquid dust, and drifts
To death among the dusty sand.
On the horizon’s nearing line,
Where the sky rests, a visible wall,
Grey in the offing, I divine,
The sails that fly before the squall.
Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons (1865-1945) was an English poet and critic who was associated with the Symbolist movement. Some of his notable works include "The Songs of the Sphere" (1893), "Days and Nights" (1895), and "Silent Places" (1910).