I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a gray mist on the sea's face and a gray dawn breaking.
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But he has gone, A nations memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will.
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