Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.
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And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heavens street, And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come, And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth.John Edward Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied.
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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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Life is a long headache in a noisy street.
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What am I, Life A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells.
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The days that make us happy make us wise.
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