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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILOSOPHY, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Man that is born of a woman
Last Line: Down like a small flying gib
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
First Line: Man that is born of a woman
Last Line: Down like a small flying gib
Subject(s): Sea; Ocean
MAN that is born of a woman
Has very little time to live:
He comes up like a fore-topmast staysail
And down like a small flying jib.
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