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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Barry (Bryan W. Procter) Cornwall. (1787–1874) |
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| The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! |
| The Sea. |
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| I ’m on the sea! I ’m on the sea! I am where I would ever be, With the blue above and the blue below, And silence wheresoe’er I go. |
| The Sea. |
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| I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more. |
| The Sea. |
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| Touch us gently, Time! 1 Let us glide adown thy stream Gently,—as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream. |
| Touch us gently, Time. |
| Note 1. See Crabbe, Quotation 13. [back] |
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