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THE VOICE OF THE SEA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: IN THE HUSH OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT
Last Line: AND IT ALL WAS LONG AGO!
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
IN the hush of the autumn night
I hear the voice of the sea,
In the hush of the autumn night
It seems to say to me --
Mine are the winds above,
Mine are the caves below,
Mine are the dead of yesterday
And the dead of long ago!

And I think of the fleet that sailed
From the lovely Gloucester shore,
I think of the fleet that sailed
And came back nevermore!
My eyes are filled with tears,
And my heart is numb with woe --
It seems as if 't were yesterday,
And it all was long ago!



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