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Surely there, among the great docks, is

peace, my mind;

there with the ships moored in the river.

Go out, timid child,

and snuggle in among the great ships

talking so quietly.

Maybe you will even fall asleep near

them and be

lifted into one of their laps, and in the

morning—

There is always the morning in which to

remember it all!

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Of what are they gossiping? God knows.

And God knows it matters little for we

cannot understand them.

Yet it is certainly of the sea, of that

there can be no question.

It is a quiet sound. Rest! That's all

I care for now.

The smell of them will put us to sleep

presently.

Smell! It is the sea water mingling here

into the river—

at least so it seems—perhaps it is some-

thing else—but what matter?

The sea water! It is quiet and smooth

here!

How slowly they move, little by little

trying

the hawsers that drop and groan with

their agony.

Yes, it is certainly of the high sea they

are talking.