The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar · Paul Laurence Dunbar

On a Clean Book

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TO F. N.

Like sea-washed sand upon the shore,

So fine and clean the tale,

So clear and bright I almost see,

The flashing of a sail.

The tang of salt is in its veins,

The freshness of the spray

God give you love and lore and strength,

To give us such alway.

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