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Ailes d'Alouette

(Second Series): By F. W. Bourdillon

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OFFERINGS

Where breaking waves have kissed the sand,
Are fading wreaths of foam,
The sea's last offering to the land
Ere the voice called him home.
They die uncared-for at her feet,
Bitter and poor and grey;
A thousand roses red and sweet
Wreathe her head far away.