Missedthebus's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Missedthebus2003-05-30T17:22:45ZThe Charm (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Missedthebus/writeups/The+CharmMissedthebushttp://m.everything2.com/user/Missedthebus2003-05-30T17:22:45Z2003-05-30T17:22:45Z<b>The Charm</b> A poem by <a href="/title/Rupert+Brooke">Rupert Brooke</a><br />
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In darkness the loud sea makes moan; <br />
And <a href="/title/earth">earth</a> is shaken, and all evils creep <br />
About her ways. <br />
Oh, now to know you sleep! <br />
Out of the whirling blinding <a href="/title/moil">moil</a>, alone, <br />
Out of the slow <a href="/title/grim">grim</a> fight, <br />
One thought to wing -- to you, asleep, <br />
In some cool room that's open to the night <br />
Lying half-forward, breathing quietly, <br />
One white hand on the white <br />
Unrumpled sheet, and the ever-moving hair <br />
Quiet and still at length! . . . <br />
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Your magic and your <a href="/title/beauty">beauty</a> and your strength,<br />
Like hills at noon or sunlight on a tree, <br />
Sleeping prevail in earth and air. <br />
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In the <a href="/title/sweet+gloom">sweet gloom</a> above the brown and white <br />
Night benedictions hover; and the winds of night <br />
Move gently round the room, and watch you there. <br />
And through the dreadful hours <br />
The trees and waters and the hills have kept <br />
The sacred vigil while…