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 :The spacious Sea for his rich store
 * Of coloured weeds that shine in vain
 * Upon the wide inhuman floor,
 * The lonely yard where drowned men lie
 * And gaze through water to white sky.

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 * Forgive, thou calm and godlike shade,
 * The drooping wreath, the flowers that fade,
 * This passionless pale offering
 * From one who scarcely dares to sing
 * His love and praises, being afraid
 * At the sweet brilliance of thy spring,
 * Seeing his lute is rudely made,
 * His thoughts too dull and weak of wing,
 * More fit for noons that lull and warm
 * Than for the stress of fire and storm.

IV


 * The slender boat that stretched her sail
 * To fly before the sultry gale,
 * That from her moorings leapt and sped
 * Before the forest leaves were red,
 * Before the purple noon was pale,

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