Edmund
Vale .
“ Come upon my
sails
and
wonder
At the mystery
of my thunder,
At my
groaning
And my
creaking ,
As
the
cloud
of
night
comes
reeking
,
Casting
me about
and
speaking
Wild
and loud
.
“
All
the
day
I
work
in
silence
,
Half asleep my
sails
go
round
,
But
at
night
I
think
and
listen
To
the
thoughts
the
stars
have
found
,
For
the
day
with
all its brilliance
Has not
half the truth
of
night
:
Children
plight their
love
in
darkness
But
they
veil
it
in
the light
.
“
I
have
heard
the
boys
at
day
prime
,
I
have
seen
the
men
at
noon
,
And
the grey
-
beards
pass me silent
In
the hush
t'
wixt
sun
and moon
.
They
have
sought the truth
in
day
-
time
While
I
slept
and
let
them
play
,
But when
night
came
down
they
found
it,
For
there
is
no
truth
in
day
.”
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