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The brass band plays upon your decks,

Like a sturdy harlot aping mirth,

And people in starched shields

Stuff their passions with sweet words,

Life is swishing in the air,

Like a tipsy, unseen bridegroom.

O humbly grunting river boat,

Take the churning water and the sun

Like one who plays with his own chains

And flings their turmoil to the sky.

Only a voice can leap above high walls.