Poems (Mary Coleridge)/Poem 144

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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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