A Sea Child

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The lover of child Marjory
  Had one white hour of life brim full;
  Now the old nurse, the rocking sea,
  Hath him to lull.
  The daughter of child Marjory
  Hath in her veins, to beat and run,
  The glad indomitable sea,
  The strong white sun.

© Bliss William Carman