Poems (Cromwell)/The Voice

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4446153Poems — The VoiceGladys Cromwell
THE VOICE
I hear His voice and the sea's voice:
Two melodies.

His voice that melted long ago
In spaces gold,
Unanswered and unechoed,—and
The soft sea-fold.

Why did He always walk beside
The singing sea,
Where speech unheeded fades like foam
In mystery?

Is love in truth a spoken word,
A cadence clear,
A voice that lapses in loud space
For none to hear?

Then why His voice and the sea's voice:
Two melodies?