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BEYOND (1) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE RIVER TO THE SEA
Last Line: SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
The river to the sea,
In language of the land,
Interpreter would be
Of life beyond the strand;
Of billowy heights that never fall
When winds have gone their way;
Of waving forests, dark and tall,
Of flocks and herds and fertile vales,
Of warbling birds and blossom-spray
That scents the wandering gales.
Alas! 'tis all a mystery!
She does not understand.



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