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My Bark is Out Upon the Sea.

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My bark is out upon the sea--                 The moon's above;     Her light a presence seems to me                 Like woman's love.     My native land I've left behind--                 Afar I roam;     In other climes no hearts I'll find                 Like those at home.     Of all yon sisterhood of stars,                 But one is true:     She paves my path with silver bars,                 And beams like you,     Whose purity the waves recall                 In music's flow,     As round my bark they rise and fall                 In liquid snow.     The fresh'ning breeze now swells our sails!                 A storm is on!     The weary moon's dim lustre fails--                 The stars are gone!     Not so fades Love's eternal light                 When storm-clouds weep;     I know one heart's with me to-night                 Upon the deep!

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