Care

All in the leafy darkness, when sleep had passed me by,     I knew the surging of the sea—     Though never wave were nigh. All in the leafy darkness, unbroken by a star,     There came the clamorous call of day,     While yet the day was far. All in the leafy darkness, woven with hushes deep,     I heard the vulture wings of Fear     Above me tireless sweep; The sea of Doubt, the dread of day, upon me surged and swept     All in the leafy darkness,     And while the whole world slept.