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MIDSUMMER DAWN AT SEA by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER

First Line: THE SHIP GLIDES STEADILY ON
Last Line: OPEN, TO CLOSE NO MORE.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
The ship glides steadily on,
As over a sea of glass.
Birds pass -- and then, birds pass:
Horizons melt in one.
The smooth broad flank of earth
Lies sleeping under the sky;
To want, is nothing worth:
To take, is worship high.

Here ships like clouds of white,
There clouds like ships that soar.
Afar the great waves smite
Some broad sun-dazzled shore:
But here like liquid light
They rest upon the floor;
For the gates of morning bright
Open, to close no more.



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