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The prayer is said, And the last rite man pays to man is paid; The plashing water marks his resting-place, And folds him round, in one long, cold embrace; Bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o’er, Then break, to be, like him, beheld no more; Down, countless fathoms down, he sinks to sleep, With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep.
The prayer is said, And the last rite man pays to man is paid; The plashing water marks his resting-place, And folds him round, in one long, cold embrace; Bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o’er, Then break, to be, like him, beheld no more; Down, countless fathoms down, he sinks to sleep, With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep.
Approximate author period: c. 1833 AD · industrial
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- Charles Sprague
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- Approximate author period: c. 1833 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 526 · printed citation: Charles Sprague · subject: SEA
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