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LIFE ON THE LAKES: REQUIEM by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL

First Line: THERE'S A FAR WET WAY TO THE JOURNEY'S END
Last Line: WHERE THE HEADBOARDS SHOW—SLEEP WELL, MY FRIEND!
Subject(s): SEA VOYAGES; STORMS;
There's a far wet way to the journey's end,
A wide wild way ere the storm's spew spend.
There's a black blind way where the starred course bends,
There's a choked, charred way should the fanned fires rend,
A jagged, jutted way where the gaunt drifts trend—
But the sands lie soft and the grasses bend
Where the headboards show—Sleep well, my friend!



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