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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEETING OF THE SHIPS, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: When, o'er the silent seas alone
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Sea
First Line: When, o'er the silent seas alone
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Sea
WHEN o'er the silent seas alone,
For days and nights we ' ve cheerless gone,
Oh they who ' ve felt it know how sweet,
Some sunny morn a sail to meet.
Sparkling at once is every eye,
Ship ahoy! our joyful cry;
While answering back the sounds we hear,
Ship ahoy! what cheer? what cheer?
Then sails are backed, we nearer come,
Kind words are said of friends and home;
And soon, too soon , we part with pain ,
To sail o'er silent seas again.
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