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SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 90 by BLISS CARMAN

First Line: SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART, DELAY NO MORE
Last Line: NOW WHAT CAN ALL THE WORLD AVAIL?
Subject(s): ACTIVITY; PROCRASTINATION;

Sweetheart, sweetheart, delay no more,
Nor in this prosy street abide!
The fairy coach is at the door;
The fairy ship is on the tide.
For I have built of golden dreams,
And furnished with delight for thee,
And lit with wondrous starry beams,
A fairy place over sea.
Then, footman, up! Good horses, speed!
Then, lads, aboard and make all sail!
The wind is fair, the cable freed;
Now what can all the world avail?



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