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A Son Of The Sea

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I was born for deep-sea faring;     I was bred to put to sea;     Stories of my father's daring     Filled me at my mother's knee.     I was sired among the surges;     I was cubbed beside the foam;     All my heart is in its verges,     And the sea wind is my home.     All my boyhood, from far vernal     Bourns of being, came to me     Dream-like, plangent, and eternal     Memories of the plunging sea.

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