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Interludes and Undertones, or, Music at Twilight

By Charles Mackay
Mackay, Charles (1814-1889)
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IX. FOUNDERED.

How many a glorious morning have I seen
Darken ere noon in fearfullest eclipse!
How many a sea, pellucid and serene,
Have I known treacherous to deep-laden ships.
Alas! alas! how many a gallant soul—
Artist, romancer, scholar, bard, divine,
Poor wherries in the wild Atlantic roll—
Have I seen sounder in the pitiless brine!
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