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A STORM SONG by WILLIAM WILKINS

First Line: TOSS, TIGHT BOAT, BY THE FOAM COVERED BAR
Last Line: BREAK, AND BE BROKEN. -- MY LOVE IS MINE.

TOSS, tight boat, by the foam covered bar;
Dip deep down in the jaws of the brine.
Fly, dark rack, across moon and star,
Fly, and fly past. -- My love is mine.
Storm-stricken cedars, reel on the height;
Hurled back, shudder, and pitch to the wind.
Swept by the beam of the moon's pale light,
Lash, and loom grandly. -- My love is kind.

Burst, O sea, on the sands of the shore!
Scream aloud. Fling up your wild arms white.
Grovel, and shriek to the strong wind's roar;
Peal up your cry through the pitiless night.
Blow, vast gale, over field and bay;
Over holt and hill whirl the rain and brine.
Ruin and wreck till returns the day;
Break, and be broken. -- My love is mine.



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