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First Line: LO, EASTWARD O'ER THE BILLOWS WHITE
Last Line: WHAT MEANS, O SEA, THY MOANING!
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
Lo, eastward o'er the billows white
Faint-smiling wakes the child of night
From dreams all rosy with delight.
What means, O sea, thy moaning?

Full noon; and o'er a cloudless sky
Soft winnowings of fragrance fly:
In all the land no shadows lie.
What means, O sea, thy moaning?

Far westward, o'er a dying glow,
Long funeral waves of darkness flow;
Ah, well-a-day! too late I know
What means, O sea, thy moaning!



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