| Carl Sandburg (1878–1967). Smoke and Steel. 1922. |
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| V. Mist Forms |
| 36. Far Rockaway Night till Morning |
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| WHAT can we say of the night? | |
| The fog night, the moon night, the fog moon night last night? | |
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| There swept out of the sea a song. | |
| There swept out of the sea—torn white plungers. | |
| There came on the coast wind drive | 5 |
| In the spit of a driven spray, | |
| On the boom of foam and rollers, | |
| The cry of midnight to morning: | |
| Hoi-a-loa. | |
| Hoi-a-loa. | 10 |
| Hoi-a-loa. | |
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| Who has loved the night more than I have? | |
| Who has loved the fog moon night last night more than I have? | |
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| Out of the sea that song | |
| —can I ever forget it? | 15 |
| Out of the sea those plungers | |
| —can I remember anything else? | |
| Out of the midnight morning cry: Hoi-a-loa: | |
| —how can I hunt any other songs now? | |
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