Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TAKE THOUGHT, by PLATO


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TAKE THOUGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God by land and sea defend you
Last Line: I am one he did not save.
Variant Title(s): A Sailor's Epitaph
Subject(s): Disasters; Shipwrecks


God by land and sea defend you,
Sailors all, who pass my grave;
Safe from wreck his mercy send you, --
I am one he did not save.




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