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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVENING BY THE SEA, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poet's Biography
First Line: With noble waste of lazy hours
Last Line: The dear old comrade tried.
Subject(s): Loitering; Moon
First Line: With noble waste of lazy hours
Last Line: The dear old comrade tried.
Subject(s): Loitering; Moon
WITH noble waste of lazy hours
I loitered, till I saw the moon,
A rosy pearl, hang vast and strange
Above the long gray dune!
And hither, thither, as I went,
My ancient friend the sea beside,
Whatever tune my spirit sang
The dear old comrade tried.
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