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John Davidson

Song

THE boat is chafing at our long delay,
    And we must leave too soon
The spicy sea-pinks and the inborne spray,
    The tawny sands, the moon.

Keep us, O Thetis, in our western flight!
    Watch from thy pearly throne
Our vessel, plunging deeper into night
    To reach a land unknown.

About the poet
John Davidson
 
By the same poet
The Last Rose
 
Related books
John Davidson at amazon.co.uk

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