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01c. 1830 AD

The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free!

Bryan W. Procter / quote

02c. 1830 AD

I 'm on the sea! I 'm on the sea! I am where I would ever be, With the blue above and the blue below, And silence wheresoe'er I go.

Bryan W. Procter / quote

03c. 1830 AD

I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.

Bryan W. Procter / quote

04c. 1830 AD

Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream Gently,—as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream.

Bryan W. Procter / quote

05c. 1830 AD

Methinks I love all common things, The common air, the common flower, The dear, kind, common thought that springs From hearts that have no other dower, No other wealth, no other power, Save love; and will not that repay For all else fortune tears away?

Bryan W. Procter / quote