Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FISHER'S WIDOW, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS


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First Line: The boats go out and the boats come in
Last Line: But there's one away.
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Widows & Widowers


The boats go out and the boats come in
Under the wintry sky;
And the rain and foam are white in the wind,
And the white gulls cry.

She sees the sea when the wind is wild
Swept by the windy rain;
And her heart's a-weary of sea and land
As the long days wane.

She sees the torn sails fly in the foam,
Broad on the sky-line grey;
And the boats go out and the boats come in.
But there's one away.





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