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What ails John Winter that so oft	A
Silent he sits apart	B
The neighbours cast their looks on him	C
But deep he hides his heart	B
	-
In Deptford streets the houses small	D
Huddle forlorn together	E
Whether the wind blow or be still	F
'Tis soiled and sorry weather	E
	-
But over these dim roofs arise	G
Tall masts of ocean ships	H
Whenever John Winter looked on them	I
The salt blew on his lips	H
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He cannot pace the street about	J
But they stand before his eyes	G
The more he shuns them the more proud	K
And beautiful they rise	G
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He turns his head but in his ear	L
The steady Trade winds run	M
And in his eye the endless waves	N
Ride on into the sun	M
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His little boy at evening said	O
Now tell us Dad a tale	P
Of naked men that shoot with bows	Q
Tell of the spouting whale	P
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He told old tales his eyes were bright	R
His wife looked up to see	S
And smiled on him but in the midst	T
He ended suddenly	S
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He bade them each good night and kissed	U
And held them to his breast	V
They wondered and were still to feel	W
Their lips so fondly pressed	V
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He sat absorbed in silent gloom	X
His wife lifted her head	O
From sewing and stole up to him	C
What ails you John she said	O
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He spoke no word A silent tear	Y
Fell softly down her cheek	Z
She knelt beside him and his hand	A2
Was on her forehead meek	Z
	-
But even as his tender touch	B2
Her dumb distress consoled	C2
The mighty waves danced in his eyes	G
And through the silence rolled	C2
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There fell a soft November night	R
Restless with gusts that shook	D2
The chimneys and beat wildly down	E2
The flames in the chimney nook	D2
	-
John Winter lay beside his wife	F2
'Twas past the mid of night	R
Softly he rose and in dead hush	G2
Stood stealthily upright	R
	-
Softly he came where slept his boys	H2
And kissed them in their bed	O
One stretched his arms out in his sleep	I2
At that he turned his head	O
	-
And now he bent above his wife	F2
She slept a sleep serene	J2
Her patient soul was in the peace	K2
Of breathing slumber seen	J2
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At last he kissed one aching kiss	L2
Then shrank again in dread	O
And from his own home guiltily	W
And like a thief he fled	O
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But now with darkness and the wind	M2
He breathes a breath more free	S
And walks with calmer step like one	M
Who goes with destiny	S
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And see before him the great masts	N2
Tower with all their spars	N2
Black on the dimness soaring bold	C2
Among the mazy stars	N2
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In stormy rushings through the air	Y
Wild scents the darkness filled	O2
And with a fierce forgetfulness	N2
His drinking nostril thrilled	O2
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He hasted with quick feet he hugged	P2
The wildness to his breast	V
As one who goes the only way	Q2
To set his heart at rest	V
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When morning glimmered a great ship	R2
Dropt gliding down the shore	S2
John Winter coiled the anchor ropes	N2
Among his mates once more	S2

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