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VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 2. OFF ALGIERS by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: OH GIVE ME NEITHER LOVE NOR TEARS
Last Line: LIKE SUDDEN SUNLIGHT ON THE SEA.
Subject(s): ALGIERS; SEA VOYAGES;

Oh give me neither love nor tears,
Nor dreams that sear the night with fire,
Go lightly on your pilgrimage
Unburdened by desire.
Forget me for a month, a year,
But, oh, beloved, think of me
When unexpected beauty burns
Like sudden sunlight on the sea.




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