Poems (Hornblower)/Sonnet (O ye wild winds, that with resistless sweep)
For works with similar titles, see Sonnet.
SONNET.
O ye wild winds, that with resistless sweep
Scatter the troubled clouds, and through the sky
Send your portentous harbingers on high,—
Wild flash, dim storm, and tempest o'er the deep!—
Oh sleep!by every prayer I bid you sleep!
Hush your strange music!—back into your caves!
Angel of Peace! walk forth upon the waves,
And o'er the trembling sea thy vigils keep!
O spread thy wing o'er the tired voyager,
And gently waft him o'er the sunny spray;
Bid the wild lightnings at soft distance play,
And tenderest breezes stir the quiet ah;
Be thy blest calm around him as he moves,
And oh! restore him to the hearts he loves.
Scatter the troubled clouds, and through the sky
Send your portentous harbingers on high,—
Wild flash, dim storm, and tempest o'er the deep!—
Oh sleep!by every prayer I bid you sleep!
Hush your strange music!—back into your caves!
Angel of Peace! walk forth upon the waves,
And o'er the trembling sea thy vigils keep!
O spread thy wing o'er the tired voyager,
And gently waft him o'er the sunny spray;
Bid the wild lightnings at soft distance play,
And tenderest breezes stir the quiet ah;
Be thy blest calm around him as he moves,
And oh! restore him to the hearts he loves.