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The Liner

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The foamy waves are swishing     As patiently we thud,     But O the wave of wishing     That surges in my blood!     Along the oceans rim, now,     With never-ceasing song,     I wish that I could swim now     And shove the boat along.     My heart is crying, tireless,     The word it has to say.     What need have we of wireless     Who know a better way?     The slow craft plunges norward     And welters on the blue:     My thoughts are floating forward     And swooping home to you.     Your magic love is tingling     In every vein of me,     And you and I are mingling     In spite of rolling sea.     Yet O that I could borrow     That albatrosss flight!     To-morrow, Love, to-morrow     Is our supreme delight.

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