Sea-Wash

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Sea-Wash by Carl Sandburg

 THE SEA-WASH never ends.
The sea-wash repeats, repeats.
Only old songs? Is that all the sea knows?
 Only the old strong songs?
 Is that all?
The sea-wash repeats, repeats.

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