I will go back to the great sweet mother, Mother and lover of men, the sea. I will go down to her, I and none other, Close with her, kiss her and mix her with me ; Cling to her, strive with her, hold her fast ; O fair white mother, in days long past Born... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2631917Full view - About this book
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