| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| In the Monastery |
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| COLD is the wind to-night, and rough the sea, | |
| Too rough for even the daring Dane to find | |
| A landing-place upon the frozen lea. | |
| Cold is the wind. | |
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| The blast sweeps round the chapel from behind, | 5 |
| Making the altar-light flare fitfully, | |
| While I must kneel and pray with troubled mind. | |
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| Patrick and Brigid, I have prayed to ye! | |
| The night is over, and my task resigned | |
| To Colum. Though God’s own dwelling shelter me, | 10 |
| Cold is the wind. | |
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