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At Sea ‘Farewell and adieu’ was the burden prevailing Long since in the chant of a home-faring crew; And the heart in us echoes, with laughing […]
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Autumn And Winter Three months bade wane and wax the wintering moon Between two dates of death, while men were fain Yet of the living light […]
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