Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.

John Masefield
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  1. The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.

  2. Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

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  4. I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide, is a wild call and a clear call, that cannot be denied!

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