Love
To Mr. Henry Palmer, going to Sea
From Poems and Translations (1689)
Love
THrow not my life away, of your own free,
'Tis tender Mother Earth, but Stepdame Sea.
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Goodall, Charles. “To Mr. Henry Palmer, going to Sea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goodall/61/.
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Goodall, Charles. “To Mr. Henry Palmer, going to Sea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goodall/61/.
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