Foliage: Various Poems

<p><SPAN name="link2H_4_0024" id="link2H_4_0024"> </SPAN></p> <br/> <h2> NIGHT WANDERERS </h2> <p>They hear the bell of midnight toll,<br/> And shiver in their flesh and soul;<br/> They lie on hard, cold wood or stone,<br/> Iron, and ache in every bone;<br/> They hate the night: they see no eyes<br/> Of loved ones in the starlit skies.<br/> They see the cold, dark water near;<br/> They dare not take long looks for fear<br/> They'll fall like those poor birds that see<br/> A snake's eyes staring at their tree.<br/> Some of them laugh, half-mad; and some<br/> All through the chilly night are dumb;<br/> Like poor, weak infants some converse,<br/> And cough like giants, deep and hoarse.<br/></p> <p><br/><br/></p> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />