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THE SEA BIRD TO THE WAVE by PADRAIC COLUM

Poet Analysis

First Line: ON AND ON / O WHITE BROTHER!
Last Line: ART THOU GONE!
Subject(s): BIRDS; SEA; WAVES; OCEAN;

THE SEA

ON AND on,
O white brother!
Thunder does not daunt thee!
How thou movest!
By thine impulse—
With no wing!
Fairest thing
The wild sea shows me!
On and on,
O white brother!
Art thou gone!



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