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    Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea
    Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea
    Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea
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    Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea

    By Bliss Carman

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    Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea is a compilation of poems written by Bliss Carman. Carman was a Canadian poet and poet laureate of Canada. Excerpt:
    "Oh, the shambling sea is a sexton old,
    And well his work is done.
    With an equal grave for lord and knave,
    He buries them every one.

    Then hoy and rip, with a rolling hip,
    He makes for the nearest shore;
    And God, who sent him a thousand ship,
    Will send him a thousand more;
    But some he'll save for a bleaching grave,
    And shoulder them in to shore,—
    Shoulder them in, shoulder them in,
    Shoulder them in to shore.

    Oh, the ships of Greece and the ships of Tyre
    Went out, and where are they?
    In the port they made, they are delayed
    With the ships of yesterday."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 17, 2019
    ISBN4064066179069

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