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THE SENTIMENTALIST by MARIANNE MOORE

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First Line: SOMETIMES IN A ROUGH BEAM SEA
Last Line: "I'D DRINK THE SHIP'S HOLD DRY."

Sometimes in a rough beam sea,
When the waves are running high,
I gaze about for a sight of the land,
Then sing, glancing up at the sky,
"'Here's to the girl I love,
And I wish that she were nigh,
If drinking beer would bring her here'
I'd drink the ship's hold dry."



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