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SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS: 4. WIND OF THE SEA by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: WIND OF THE SEA, COME FILL MY SAIL
Last Line: AND BEAR ME AWAY! -- AWAY!
Subject(s): SAILING & SAILORS; SEA; TENNYSON, ALFRED (1809-1892); WIND; OCEAN; TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON, 1ST BARON;

WIND of the Sea, come fill my sail --
Lend me the breath of a freshening gale
And bear my port-worn ship away!
For O the greed of the tedious town --
The shutters up and the shutters down!
Wind of the Sea, sweep over the bay
And bear me away! -- away!

Whither you bear me, Wind of the Sea,
Matters never the least to me:
Give me your fogs, with the sails adrip,
Or the weltering path thro' the starless night --
On, somewhere, is a new daylight
And the cheery glint of another ship
As its colors dip and dip!

Wind of the Sea, sweep over the bay
And bear me away! -- away!



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