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SUNSET-MOOD by STANLEY E. BABB

First Line: OUTWARD-BOUND FOR SINGAPORE
Last Line: STEAMING TO CATHAY!
Subject(s): SEA VOYAGES; SHIPS & SHIPPING;

OUTWARD-BOUND for Singapore,
Steaming to Cathay,
A tramp-ship shoulders across the sunset
Through a race of wind-flung spray.

I watch the ship: a fading blur
Against the flaming sky;
While grey waves tumble along the beach
And the seagulls skirl and cry.

My dreams lift their wide eagle-wings
And follow the ship away,
Outward-bound for Singapore,
Steaming to Cathay!



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