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SONG by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: UP AND DOWN THE BEACH I WANDER
Last Line: AND SAD IS MY HEART.
Subject(s): LOVE;
UP and down the beach I wander
Here to-night beside the sea,
In my ears the ocean-thunder,
In my heart the dreams of thee.
The sea, the sea is high, love,
Dark, dark, 0 dark, the sky, love,
And sad is my heart.
In thy outward journey passing
Through the narrow gates of night,
Was there travail in the massing
Of the waters void of light?
0 the sea, the sea is high, love,
Swift surge the waters by, love,
And sad is my heart.



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