I Looked, I Looked Into The Seas

I looked I looked into the seas From the giddying height Of rocks down falling to the seas: And speechless the moon shone Without a word. And in this din of silence I A candle lit to see The wild and eerie motions of it While the winds moved Across that sordid plain at night Without a word. And flickered the candle-flame Like a wavering heart-beat Like my life Atwixt hope and despair Atwixt joy and grief Ennui and the glory of the happy: Like a loose woman in the throes Of indecision guilt and shame So looked I on the plain that night Without a word.