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HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA by ROBERT BROWNING

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First Line: NOBLY, NOBLY CAPE SAINT VINCENT TO THE NORTHWEST DIED AWAY
Last Line: WHILE JOVE'S PLANET RISES YONDER, SILENT OVER AFRICA.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
NOBLY, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the Northwest died away;
Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;
Bluish 'mid the burning water, fun in face Trafalgar lay;
In the dimmest Northeast distance dawned Gibraltar grand and gray;
"Here and here did England help me: how can I help England?" -- say,
Whoso turns as I, this evening, turn to God to praise and pray,
While Jove's planet rises yonder, silent over Africa.



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