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POEMS.

THE LEE-SHORE.

VOL. II.

SLEET! and Hail! and Thunder!

And ye Winds that rave,

Till the sands thereunder

Tinge the sullen wave—

Winds, that like a Demon,

Howl with horrid note

Round the toiling Seaman,
In his tossing boat-

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From his humble dwelling,

On the shingly shore, Where the billows swelling,

Keep such hollow roar—

From that weeping Woman,

Seeking with her cries

Succour superhuman

From the frowning skies

From the Urchin pining

For his Father's knee

From the lattice shining,

Drive him out to sea!

Let broad leagues dissever
Him from yonder foam

Oh, God! to think Man ever

Comes too near his Home!

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