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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GRAIN OF SALT, by WALLACE IRWIN Poet's Biography
First Line: Of all the wimming doubly blest
Last Line: And sail and sail -- and let 'er knit.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo
Subject(s): Marriage; Sailing & Sailors; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Seamen; Sails
First Line: Of all the wimming doubly blest
Last Line: And sail and sail -- and let 'er knit.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo
Subject(s): Marriage; Sailing & Sailors; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Seamen; Sails
OF all the wimming doubly blest
The sailor's wife's the happiest,
For all she does is stay to home
And knit and darn -- and let 'im roam.
Of all the husbands on the earth
The sailo has the finest berth,
For in 'is cabin he can sit
And sail and sail -- and let 'er knit.
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