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CLEVEDON VERSES: 8. THE BRISTOL CHANNEL by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN

First Line: THE SULKY OLD GRAY BRUTE!
Last Line: A LOVELY GHOST.
Subject(s): BRISTOL CHANNEL, GREAT BRITAIN;
I

The sulky old gray brute!
But when the sunset strokes him,
Or twilight shadows coax him,
He gets so silver-milky,
He turns so soft and silky,
He'd make a water-spaniel for King Knut.

II

This sea was Lazarus, all day
At Dives' gate he lay,
And lapped the crumbs.
Night comes;
The beggar dies --
Forthwith the Channel, coast to coast,
Is Abraham's bosom; and the beggar lies
A lovely ghost.



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