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THE LONELY ISLE by CLAUDIAN

First Line: DEEP IN A DISTANT BAY, DEEPLY HIDDEN
Last Line: WHERE THOSE CURVED ARMS SHUT IN A TRANQUIL SEA.
Subject(s): CALM; DEATH; SOLITUDE; PLACID; UNDISTURBED; TRANQUILITY; DEAD, THE; LONELINESS;
DEEP in a distant bay, deeply hidden
There is an island far away from me
Which lulls the tumbling waves to dreamy quiet;
And there steep cliffs against the water's riot
Stand up, and to their shelter ships are bidden,
Where those curved arms shut in a tranquil sea.



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