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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Æolian Harp

William Allingham (1824–1889)

THE SEA rolls vaguely, and the stars are dumb.

The ship is sunk full many a year.

Dream no more of loss or gain:

A ship was never here.

A dawn will never, never come.

Is it all in vain?