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O TO SAIL by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: O TO SAIL WITH THEE, MY DEAR
Last Line: FAR FROM HEART-ACHE, FAR FROM HEART-BREAK, ON THE GREAT HEART-HEALING SEA.
Subject(s): SAILING & SAILORS; TOGETHERNESS;

O TO sail with thee, my dear,
Under headlands high and sheer,
At the mellow hour of daydroop when the lull of eve is near!

O to sail away, and be
From the curse of care set free,
Far from heart-ache, far from heart-break, on the great heart-healing sea.



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