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Alas for the Loss by Joseph Earl
from Legacy 2001
Alas for the Loss
by Joseph Earl
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Alone and aghast, I stand shamed.
The fearful waves
Lunge forward in attack,
Sand my only defense.
Remanded by screaming gulls,
And the thund'ring riptides.
The sun, unable to look
On my face any longer,
Enraged!
Casts itself into the sea.
Alas for the loss of my friend!
Winch now my soul and his together,
Destroy, thou heart, both
Lever and fulcrum you placed
Between the earth and he and I!
This distance more than I can bear.
