O! I Could Laugh To Hear The Midnight Wind

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Title:     O! I Could Laugh To Hear The Midnight Wind
Author: Charles Lamb [More Titles by Lamb]

(1794. _Text of_ 1818)

O! I could laugh to hear the midnight wind,
That, rushing on its way with careless sweep,
Scatters the ocean waves. And I could weep
Like to a child. For now to my raised mind
On wings of winds comes wild-eyed Phantasy,
And her rude visions give severe delight.
O winged bark! how swift along the night
Pass'd thy proud keel! nor shall I let go by
Lightly of that drear hour the memory,
When wet and chilly on thy deck I stood,
Unbonnetted, and gazed upon the flood,
Even till it seemed a pleasant thing to die,--
To be resolv'd into th' elemental wave,
Or take my portion with the winds that rave.

[The end]
Charles Lamb's poem: O! I Could Laugh To Hear The Midnight Wind

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