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 THE MERCHANTMEN

drew merchantmen,

Because of his desire

For peacocks, apes, and ivory,

From Tarshish unto Tyre:

With cedars out of Lebanon

Which Hiram rafted down,

But we be only sailormen

That use in London Town.

We bring no store of ingots,

Of spice or precious stones,

But that we have we gathered

With sweat and aching bones: 26