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Last Line: Thou sayest to men: go back & come not hither
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Sea; Storms; Ships & Shipping


O glorious sea that in each climbing wave
Bearest great thoughts as in a wondrous book
The ends of earth oft at thy presense shook
And not denied when thou hast stooped to crave.
Sometimes the mighty winds have dared to brave
Thy potency; but with a single look
Raising thy head forth from its ancient nook
Thou has recalled the quiet thou wouldst have.
What is a ship save many a fragile stick?
How should it brave thy terrors when they wear
The lightning crest that maketh substance wither
Yea though the planks be seasoned well & thick
Thine anger is too hard a thing to bear: -
Thou sayest to men: go back & come not hither.





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