Watching

I heard the wind all day, And what it was trying to say. I heard the wind all night Rave as it ran to fight; After the wind the rain, And then the wind again Running across the hill As it runs still. And all day long the sea Would not let the land be, But all night heaped her sand On to the land; I saw her glimmer white All through the night, Tossing the horrid hair Still tossing there. And all day long the stone Felt how the wind was blown; And all night long the rock Stood the sea’s shock; While, from the window, I Looked out, and wondered why, Why at such length Such force should fight such strength.