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CHILD ELSIE, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography First Line: For love of the sea, child elsie Last Line: Afar from the fishing town. Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
FOR love of the sea, Child Elsie, Untethered the dory's rope, To ride with native impulse The water's rise and slope. For love of the seaman's maiden, The mew-tides running down, Swept out to sea the dory Afar from the fishing town. | Other Poems of Interest...OILY WEATHER by ERNEST HEMINGWAY HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS |
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