A Reed by the River/Care

by Virginia Woodward Cloud

CARE

All in the leafy darkness, when sleep had passed me by,
I knew the surging of the sea—
Though never wave were nigh,
All in the leafy darkness, unbroken by a star,
There came the clamorous call of day,
While yet the day was far.
All in the leafy darkness, woven with hushes deep,
I heard the vulture wings of Fear
Above me tireless sweep;
The sea of doubt, the dread of day, upon me surged and swept
All in the leafy darkness,—
And while the whole world slept.