Poems (Mary Coleridge)/Poem 143

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CXLIV NEW YEAR'S EVE
Speak to the Wind and bid him stay,
Lest that within find out a way.

Call to the Sea to hush his wail,
That is failing which must not fail.

Cry to Time as he goes by,
That is dying which cannot die.

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