I dropped my pen;--and listened to the wind
That sang of trees uptorn and vessels tost;
--A midnight harmony; and wholly lost
To the general sense of men by chains confined
Of business, care, or pleasure,--or resigned
To timely sleep.--Thought I, the impassioned strain,
Which, without aid of numbers, I sustain,
Like acceptation from the World will find.
Yet some with apprehensive ear shall drink
A dirge devoutly breathed o'er sorrows past,
And to the attendant promise will give heed,
The prophecy,--like that of this wild blast,
Which, while it makes the heart with sadness shrink,
Tells also of bright calms that shall succeed.