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A BALLAD OF BOYHOOD BAY, by                    
First Line: When silken ships put out to sea
Last Line: By the blue of the boyhood bay.
Subject(s): Yale University


WHEN silken ships put out to sea
And the foam of the wave swings by,
As the sunset isles of infancy
Fade low on the fleece-bound sky;
With sails a-gleam o'er the silver stream,
They bend on the westward way
To the golden glow of long ago,
By the blue of the Boyhood Bay.

There's a rainbow strand for Wonderland
And a cove for the pirate boat;
There's an emerald sward for the toy command
To storm at the castle's moat; --
Oho! for the joy and the ways of the boy,
For the day is eternal play
In the golden glow of long ago,
By the blue of the Boyhood Bay.





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