Poems (Kimball)/A Vigil
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A VIGIL.
DARK shore, and desolate sky Unquickened by a star; Sad sea where wandering sails are lost In night afar!
No human presence sweet, Nor other sound beside Save that to silence near akin— The ebbing tide.
Only a lonely wreck High on the lonely beach, Whose hopelessness defies at last The breaker's reach.
O Earth that keeps no watch, O Heaven that lights no star, He is who cares for every sail, Each broken spar!