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LOVE IN WATCHFULNESS; UPON THE SHEEPDOWNS by FORD MADOX FORD

First Line: SAIL, OH SAIL AWAY
Last Line: YOU'LL SAIL AWAY.
Subject(s): LOVE;

SAIL, oh sail away,
Oh sail, ye clouds, above my face,
Here where I lie;
Trail, oh trail away
Ye ling'ring minutes and give place
To hours that fly.

But when I hear an echo mutter,
Soft up the slope of golden gorse,
Oh, when I see a distant horse,
When I shall see, afar, a kerchief flutter
Among the shrouds
And driving veils of mist, you'll sail away you hours and clouds,
You'll sail away.



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