| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Featherstone’s Doom |
| | | Robert Stephen Hawker (1804–75) |
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| TWIST thou and twine! in light and gloom | |
| A spell is on thine hand; | |
| The wind shall be thy changeful loom, | |
| Thy web the shifting sand. | |
| Twine from this hour, in ceaseless toil, | 5 |
| On Blackrock’s sullen shore; | |
| Till cordage of the sand shall coil | |
| Where crested surges roar. | |
| ’T is for that hour, when, from the wave, | |
| Near voices wildly cried; | 10 |
| When thy stern hand no succor gave, | |
| The cable at thy side. | |
| Twist thou and twine! in light and gloom | |
| The spell is on thine hand; | |
| The wind shall be thy changeful loom, | 15 |
| Thy web the shifting sand. | |
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