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    From the Lips of the Sea
    From the Lips of the Sea
    From the Lips of the Sea
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    From the Lips of the Sea

    By Clinton Scollard

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      From the Lips of the Sea - Clinton Scollard

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of From The Lips of the Sea, by Clinton Scollard

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: From The Lips of the Sea

      Author: Clinton Scollard

      Release Date: March, 2005 [EBook #7784] This file was first posted on May 16, 2003 Last Updated: May 7, 2013

      Language: English

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      FROM THE LIPS OF THE SEA

      By Clinton Scollard

      CONTENTS

      SEA MARVELS THE MIST AND THE SEA DIRGE FOR A SAILOR BAG-PIPES AT SEA THE WIND AND THE SEA THE TIDES A SEA ROVER THE MIST BARQUE A SEA SHELL NIGHT SONG BY THE SEA WILD GEESE A SEA CHANGE SAINT SEPULCHRE'S BESIDE THE SEA SEA LYRICS DAWN, THE HARVESTER THE LILAC SEA A SAILOR AMID THE HILLS SUMMER BY THE SEA DUSK AT SEA THE SPEECH OF THE SEA NIGHT BY THE SEA AUTUMN BY THE SEA MIST AT SEA A SEA SCENE MOONRISE BY THE SEA A SEA SONG A SYMPHONY OF THE SEA

        _If thou wouldst win the rhythmic heart of things,

          Go sit in solitude beside the shore,

          Giving thine ear to the eternal roar

        And every mystic message that it brings;—

        Eddas of ancient, unremembered kings,

          And runes that ring with long-forgotten lore,

          All myths and mysteries from the years of yore

        Ere Time grew weary on his journeyings.

        And more from that imperious sibyl, Sea,

        Thou mayest learn if thou wilt hearken well,

          When God's white star-fires beacon home the ships;

        The solemn secrets of infinity,

        Unto the

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