| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1263. A Cyclone at Sea |
| | | By William Hamilton Hayne |
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| A THROAT of thunder, a tameless heart, | |
| And a passion malign and free, | |
| He is no sheik of the desert sand. | |
| But an Arab of the sea! | |
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| He sprang from the womb of some wild cloud, | 5 |
| And was born to smite and slay: | |
| To soar like a million hawks set free, | |
| And swoop on his ocean prey! | |
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| He has scourged the Sea till her mighty breast | |
| Responds to his heart’s fierce beat, | 10 |
| And has torn brave souls from their bodies frail | |
| To fling them at Allah’s feet. | |
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| Possessed by a demon’s lust of life, | |
| He revels o’er wrecks and graves, | |
| And hurtles onward in curbless speed,— | 15 |
| Dark Bedouin of the waves. | |
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