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Title: Poems of life in the country and by the sea
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Benjamin Francis, 1845-
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Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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And help each budding plant a beautiful life to win.Photo by De Vault. In Michigan POEMS FROM LIFES EXPERIENCE THE SEA By the rolling sea, on the wave-beat shore,Is the place I love when the breakers roar;When the howling winds drive the angry skiesTill the shadows grow where the sea-gull flies. When the cloudless sky wears a turpoise hue,Then the sea replies with a deeper blue;And its feathery edge a white rim showsWhere the sandy beach in the sunlight glows. How the moons soft rays, in the summer night.On the dimpling waves paint a path of light;And the stars like diamonds gleam afar.While the sea sobs low on the harbor bar. Theres never a day and never an hour,When by the sea, but we feel its power;And whether its mood be wild or tame.Its spell is over us just the same. The years will come and the years will goWhile ever its tide will ebb and flow;And never its breast rest quietlyTill it laps the shore of eternity. 64
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By the rolling sea, on the wave-beat shore.On Massachusetts Coast POEMS FROM LIFES EXPERIENCE SCHOOLDAYS IN THE COUNTRY In the dewy morning, over hills and dales, Merry voices ringing, shining dinner-pails; Up the hill they scramble towards the schoolhouse door, Just as you and I did,—many years before. Little barefoot Tommy, Rob and sister Sue,Curly-headed Mary in her suit of blue.Row by row theyre seated, faces all aglow,Cepting Stubby Peter, sliver in his toe. Teacher calls to order, Class in rithmetic,Places at the blackboard, every one be quick.How the chalk does rattle till the problems done;Bennie proves the victor, calls out Number one. Now the writing lesson; see them try to write,Noses near the paper, some with tongue in sight;Little heads a-twisting, think theyll do it better;Gracious! what an effort, just to make a letter. So the lessons follow till the noon is near;Then a solemn stillness while they wait to hearJust a little tingle, then with rush and roar,From the desk

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