Tears

Tears! tears! tears!

In the night, in solitude, tears

On the white shore dripping, dripping, suck'd in by the sand

Tears, not a star shining, all dark and desolate

Moist tears from the eyes of a muffled head;

O who is that ghost? that form in the dark, with tears?

What shapeless lump is that, bent, crouch'd there on the sand?

Streaming tears, sobbing tears, throes, choked with wild cries;