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[Poems by Piatt in] The Hesperian tree

an annual of the Ohio Valley - 1903
Piatt, John James (1835-1917)

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PICTURES OF TRAVEL IN IRELAND
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BY THE SEASHORE.
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II. ON THE HORIZON.
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III. I LIE ON THE SHORE AND DREAM.

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II.
ON THE HORIZON.

Two ships stand on the horizon;
Each shows a lighted sail:
One rises out of morning red,
One sinks in twilight pale.
Two ships stand on the horizon,
Faint sail-gleams far at sea,—
One bears away my sweet lost love,
One brings new love to me.
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