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First Line: The soonest mended, nothing said
Last Line: And he and I so far apart!
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THE soonest mended, nothing said;
And help may rise from east or west,
But my two hands are lumps of lead,
My heart sits leaden in my breast.

O north wind, swoop not from the north,
O south wind, linger in the south,
Oh come not raving raging forth,
To bring my heart into my mouth;

For I've a husband out at sea,
Afloat on feeble planks of wood;
He does not know what fear may be;
I would have told him if I could.

I would have locked him in my arms,
I would have hid him in my heart;
For oh the waves are fraught with harms,
And he and I so far apart!





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