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[I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night]
I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night
The sweep of each sad lost wave
The dwindling boom of the steel thing's striving
The little cry of a man to a man
A shadow falling across the greyer night
And the sinking of the small star.
The sweep of each sad lost wave
The dwindling boom of the steel thing's striving
The little cry of a man to a man
A shadow falling across the greyer night
And the sinking of the small star.
Then the waste, the far waste of waters
And the soft lashing of black waves
For long and in loneliness.
And the soft lashing of black waves
For long and in loneliness.
Remember, thou, oh ship of love
Thou leavest a far waste of waters
And the soft lashing of black waves
For long and in loneliness.
Thou leavest a far waste of waters
And the soft lashing of black waves
For long and in loneliness.
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