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STORM SIGNALS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN

First Line: CLOUD-WREATH, MIST-SHEATH
Last Line: THE FOAM IS BOUND TO FLY!
Subject(s): NEW YORK CITY - DUTCH PERIOD; SEA; STORMS; OCEAN;

@3Cloud-wreath, mist-sheath,
Burr about the moon,
A dawn of red, a vault of lead:
A storm's a-coming soon.

Sea-gull, free gull
Flit across the sand:
A dirty sea there's sure to be
When you're upon the land.

Mare's tails, mare's tails
Sweep a mackerel sky:
Oh, reef your sail before the gale --
The foam is bound to fly!@1



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