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Auburn
(BRIDLINGTON BAY)
A SEASIDE ELEGY
“Here Auburn stood which was washed away by
the Sea.”—Map of East Yorkshire.
I
Here Auburn stoodBy pleasant fields surrounded,
Where now for centuries the ocean-flood
With melancholy murmur has resounded.
II
Here Auburn stoodWhere now the sea-bird hovers—
Here stretched the shady lane and sheltering wood,
The twilight haunt of long-forgotten lovers.
III
The village spireHere raised its “silent finger,”
Sweet bells were heard and voice of rustic choir,
Where now the pensive chimes of ocean linger.
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IV
Dear, white-faced homesStood round in happy cluster,
Warm and secure, where the rude breaker foams,
And Winter winds with angry billows bluster.
V
Here, in still graves,Reposed the dead of ages:
When lo! with rush of desecrating waves,
Through the green churchyard the loud tempest rages.
VI
Here Auburn stoodTill washed away by ocean,
Whose waters smile to-day in careless mood
O'er its 'whelmed site, and dance with merry motion.
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