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THE HARBOUR; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN

First Line: O TEDIOUS HOPES! WHEN WILL THE STORM BE O'ER
Last Line: O BRING ME TO A PORT WHICH I MAY CALL MY OWN.

O TEDIOUS hopes! when will the storm be o'er!
When will the beaten vessel reach the shore!
Long have I striv'n with blust'ring winds and tides,
Clouds o'er my head, waves on my sides!
Which in my dark adventures high did swell,
While Heaven was black as Hell.
O Love, tempestuous Love, yet, yet at last,
Let me my anchor cast,
And for the troubles I have undergone,
O bring me to a port which I may call my own.



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