Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 244
t down. Alone, alone, all all alone,Alone on a wide, wide sea !And never a saint took pity onMy soul in agonj^ The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie : And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I. I lookd upon the rotting sea,And drew my eyes away ;I lookd upon the… … I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet. 226 THE BIME OF THE ANCIENT MABINEB * The cold sweat melted from their limbs,Nor rot nor reek did they:The look with…
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