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THE WELSH SEA by JAMES ELROY FLECKER

First Line: FAR OUT ACROSS CARNARVON BAY
Last Line: AND CALL ACROSS THE YEARS.
Subject(s): SEA; WALES; OCEAN; WELSHMEN; WELSHWOMEN;
Far out across Carnarvon bay,
Beneath the evening waves,
The ancient dead begin their day
And stream among the graves.

Listen, for they of ghostly speech,
Who died when Christ was born,
May dance upon the yellow beach
That once was yellow corn.

And you may learn of Dyfed's reign,
And dream Nemedian tales
Of Kings who sailed in ships from Spain
And lent their swords to Wales.

Listen, for like a slow, green snake
The Ocean twists and stirs,
And whispers how the dead men wake
And call across the years.



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