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THE VESSEL by ROSALIND TRAVERS

First Line: SHE DASHED UP THE RIVER
Last Line: BY THE OLD STONE QUAY.
Subject(s): BOATS;
SHE dashed up the river,
All her ruddy sail
Filled full with the quiver
Of the deep-sea gale;

Like the russet pinion
That bears a magic swan,
Who has the whole dominion
Of sea to ride upon.

The billows of her going
Beat across the stream,
As she swept up, glowing
In the mild sun's gleam.

Like a tropic, splendid
Bird of flame to see!
—Till her flight was ended
By the old stone quay.



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