Old, old is the sea to-day.A sudden stealth of ageHas torn awayThe texture of its youth and grace,And filched the rose of daybreak from its waters.Now lines of greyAnd dragging vapors on its browHeavily are drawn;And it lies broken as with centuries,Though yesterday,
Newfoundland Verse
Old, old is the sea to-day.A sudden stealth of ageHas torn awayThe texture of its youth and grace,And filched the rose of daybreak from its waters.Now lines of greyAnd dragging vapors on its browHeavily are drawn;And it lies broken as with centuries,Though yesterday,
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