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Sonnets Round the Coast

by H. D. Rawnsley
Rawnsley, H. D. (1851-1920)
  
[dedication]

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BOOK I. SONNETS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTH COAST.
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BOOK II. SONNETS OF THE CORNISH COASTS.
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BOOK III. SONNETS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.
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BOOK IV. SONNETS OF THE WELSH COAST.
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BOOK V. SONNETS OF THE LANCASHIRE AND CUMBERLAND COASTS.
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I. EAST AND WEST.
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II. THE TOWER ON THE HOAD, ULVERSTON.
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III. A LAUNCH FROM THE FURNESS DOCKS.
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IV. BLACK COMBE.
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V. ESKMEALS.
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VI. AT KING HENRY'S CHAPEL, MUNCASTER.
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VII. A QUIET AUTUMN DAY,
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VIII. AT MUNCASTER,
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IX. THE DEATH OF OLAF THE DANE—
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X. HOME FROM THE EAST.
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XI. THE LIGHT-SHIP, SEEN FROM SEASCALE.
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XII. THE DRUID STONE NEAR MILLBECK, SEASCALE.
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XIII. BRAVE SAILING.
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XIV. AT SEASCALE.
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XV. THE PREACHER'S SEASIDE LESSON.
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XVI. THE OLD WRECK AT SEASCALE.
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XVII. THE IRISH LAND LEAGUE.
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XVIII. ROCK RUINS AT SEASCALE.
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XIX. THE GOSFORTH CROSS.
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XX. SEASCALE MEMORIES.
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XXI. THE PEACE OF UNDERSTANDING.
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XXII. ARCHBISHOP GRINDAL,
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XXIII. TOMB OF THOMAS DE COTTINGHAM,
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XXIV. BEOWULF'S STONE, SAINT BEES.
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XXV. THE SNOW MIRACLE,
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XXVI. THE FORESTER'S. TOMB, SAINT BEES.
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XXVII. SAINT BEES.
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XXVIII. SEA-COTE, SAINT BEES.
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XXIX. SEA-GULLS AT SAINT BEES.
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XXX. THE LARK ON TOMLINE HEAD.
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XXXI. A DOUBTFUL MAY.
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XII. MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS, SAINT BEES HEAD.
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XXXIII. THE IMPERISHABLE GOSPEL.
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XXXIV. THE GLADNESS OF THE SEA.
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BOOK VI. SONNETS OF THE NORTH-EAST COAST.
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BOOK VII.
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BOOK VIII. SONNETS OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST.

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III. BAY TOWN.

In the curved bay, where resonantly flow
The north sea tides, and wondrous echo brings
The noise of ships that, borne on cloudy wings,
Pant round the headlands, red the roof-trees glow;
Homes of the fisher, built how sailors know,
With intricate care, and close up-shoulderings.
Men-martlets they, the sons of robber kings,
Norseman and Dane, and Robin of the bow.
So planned and fashioned on their bank of shale
Village and cliff are one, each open door
A tiny gate to undiscovered caves.
And when the sun has sunk behind the moor
The cottage eyes flash fire, and o'er the waves
House whispers house the smuggler's oft-told tale.
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