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SEA-PICTURES; FAR NIENTE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: SOFT LANGUORS ON THE BOSOM OF THE DEEP
Last Line: BETWEEN THE DAY AND ME, AND END IT ALL.
Subject(s): HOPE; MEMORY; SEA; SUN; OPTIMISM; OCEAN;

SOFT languors on the bosom of the deep,
A blissful swoon that takes the sense in thrall;
My hopes are dead, my memory is asleep,
I only lie and watch the waters fall
And lift, and let my tired spirit steep
In sun and sea, as happy as a hound
That lazes on a plot of grassy ground;
Until the dim night shadows come and creep
Between the day and me, and end it all.



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