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ONCE AT SWANAGE by THOMAS HARDY

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First Line: THE SPRAY SPRANG UP ACROSS THE CUSPS OF THE MOON
Last Line: AND THERE WE TWO STOOD, HANDS CLASPED; I AND SHE!

THE spray sprang up across the cusps of the moon,
And all its light loomed green
As a witch-flame's weirdsome sheen
At the minute of an incantation scene;
And it greened our gaze -- that night at demilune.

Roaring high and roaring low was the sea
Behind the headland shores:
It symboled the slamming of doors,
Or a regiment hurrying over hollow floors. . . .
And there we two stood, hands clasped; I and she!



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