When the night-wind bewaileth the fall of the year, And swe… - Epes Sargent

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When the night-wind bewaileth the fall of the year,
And sweeps from the forest the leaves that are sere;
I wake from my slumber and list to the roar
And it saith to my spirit, "No more, never more!"

Epes Sargent

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Epes Sargent (September 27, 1813 – December 30, 1880) was an American poet and playwright of the Knickerbocker group.

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Alternative Names: Epes Sargent VI

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A life on the ocean wave!
A home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revels keep!
Like an eagle caged I pine
On this dull unchanging shore:
Oh give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest's roar!

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The window-panes are white;
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