< Hymns of the Marshes


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III

MARSH SONG—AT SUNSET

Over the monstrous shambling sea,
⁠Over the Caliban sea,
Bright Ariel-cloud, thou lingerest;
Oh wait, oh wait, in the warm red West,—
⁠Thy Prospero I'll be.

Over the humped and fishy sea,
⁠Over the Caliban sea

O cloud in the West, like a thought in the heart
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Over the monstrous shambling sea,

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​Of pardon, loose thy wing, and start,

⁠And do a grace for me.

Over the huge and huddling sea,
⁠Over the Caliban sea,
Bring hither my brother Antonio,—Man,—
My injurer; night breaks the ban:
⁠Brother, I pardon thee.

Baltimore, 1879–80.


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