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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SALT WATER'S LURE, by VIRGINIA WAINWRIGHT
First Line: I always lived beside the wave and spray
Last Line: With boats and fog. Would life were otherwise.
Subject(s): Hearts; Sea; Trees; Ocean
First Line: I always lived beside the wave and spray
Last Line: With boats and fog. Would life were otherwise.
Subject(s): Hearts; Sea; Trees; Ocean
I always lived beside the wave and spray,
The wheeling gulls and far flung sandy beach,
I always looked upon a vast expanse
And saw the ocean far as eye can reach.
But now that I am hemmed by poplar trees,
Far inland where no savage storms arise,
I know my heart is with the salty breeze,
With boats and fog. Would life were otherwise.
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