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They see the Heroes Sitting in the dark ship On the foamless, long-heaving, Violet sea, At sunset nearing The Happy Islands.
They see the Heroes Sitting in the dark ship On the foamless, long-heaving, Violet sea, At sunset nearing The Happy Islands.
Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- Matthew Arnold
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- Approximate author period: c. 1855 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 226 · printed citation: M. Arnold (The Strayed Reveller). · compiler notes excluded
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