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Christmas · Ririro.com - Poetry

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  Speaker 1: Christmas. Oh, the sea breeze will be steady, and the
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  Speaker 1: tall ships going trim, and the dark blue skies are paling,
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  Speaker 1: and the white stars burning dim. The long night watch
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  Speaker 1: is over, and the long sea roving done, and yonder
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  Speaker 1: light is the start point light, and yonder comes the sun. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: we have been with the spaniards and far and long
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  Speaker 1: on the sea. But there are the twisted chimneys and
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  Speaker 1: the gnarled old inns on the key. The wind blows
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  Speaker 1: keen as the day breaks. The roofs are white with
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  Speaker 1: the rime, and the church bells ring as the sun
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  Speaker 1: comes up to call men into prime. The church bells
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  Speaker 1: rock and jangle. And there is peace on the earth,
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  Speaker 1: peace and goodwill and plenty and Christmas games and mirth. Oh.
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  Speaker 1: The gold old glints bright on the wind vane as
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  Speaker 1: it shifts above the squire's house. And the water of
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  Speaker 1: the bar of Salcom is muttering about the boughs. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: the salt sea tide of Salcom. It wrinkles into wisps
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  Speaker 1: of foam, and the church bells ring in Salcom to
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  Speaker 1: ring poor sailors home. The belfry rocks. As the bells ring,
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  Speaker 1: the chimes are merry. As a song, they ring home
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  Speaker 1: wandering sailors who have been homeless long