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OFF FIRE ISLAND by ARTHUR GUITERMAN

First Line: WITH SNAPPING FLAG AGAINST THE GRAY
Last Line: THE FLASHING BLUEFISH LEAPS -- FOR LIFE!
Subject(s): FIRE ISLAND; NEW YORK CITY - COLONIAL PERIOD; SEA; OCEAN;

@3With snapping flag against the gray,
With plunging bows awash with spray,
Our little sloop is running free
Before the Dawn awakes the sea.

The west wind strains the bellied sail;
The foam's above the low lee-rail;
The hand-line stings; in frenzied strife
The flashing bluefish leaps -- for life!@1



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