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Songs of Sea and Sail

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WHEN western winds are blowing soft
Across the Island Sound ;
When every sail that draws aloft
Is swollen true and round ;
When yellow shores along the lee
Slope upward to the sky ;
When opal bright the land and sea
In changeful contact lie ;
When idle yacht sat anchor swim
Above a phantom shape ;
When spires of canvas dot the rim
Which curves from cape to cape ;
When sea-weed strewn the ebbing tide
Pours eastward to the main ;
When clumsy coasters side by side
Tack in and out again—
When such a day is mine to live,
What has the world beyond to give?

About “When” by Thomas Fleming Day

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"When" appears on "Songs of Sea and Sail".

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