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CHILD ELSIE by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: FOR LOVE OF THE SEA, CHILD ELSIE
Last Line: AFAR FROM THE FISHING TOWN.
Subject(s): SEA; OCEAN;
FOR love of the sea, Child Elsie,
Untethered the dory's rope,
To ride with native impulse
The water's rise and slope.
For love of the seaman's maiden,
The mew-tides running down,
Swept out to sea the dory
Afar from the fishing town.



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