Nature
XIX
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Nature
The sea, divine as heaven and deathless,
Is hers, and none but only she
Hath learnt the sea's word, none but we
Her children hear in heart the breathless
Bright watchword of the sea.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XIX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/226/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XIX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/226/.
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