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X. AT MABLETHORPE:
AN EPISODE IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE “POEMS BY TWO BROTHERS.”
That eve the sun set rosy o'er the wold,A burnished shield the level marsh-land lay;
The reeds in wonder whispered all the way
As towards the sea their car of triumph rolled;
The whirling mills with voices manifold
Tossed up their arms to cheer; the churches grey—
The lonely churches where the marsh men pray—
Breathed forth a blessing on the venture bold.
Thou, far-retiring ocean, o'er what sands
Of rippled silver glistening to the stars
Didst thou entice those happy brothers' feet;
With what a rhythm didst thou clap thy hands,
And rear thyself above the shoally bars,
And pause, and fall, their music to repeat!
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