- 1. The 'bulletin' Stairs
The Mecca of Bohemian men
Was Archibald's untidy den.
Firm-footed near the portals there
Uprose, as now, a spacious stair
...
- 2. The Great Grey Water
Now two have met, now two have met,
Who may not meet againâ??
Two grains of sand, two blades of grass,
Two threads within the skeinâ??
...
- 3. Vive Anarchy
With the lifting of the curtain,
Distance, dim, but grimly certain,
Breaks my vision of a city, populous and great,
To my senses, sorrow-sated,
...
- 4. Shadows
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- 5. The Wardens Of The Seas
Like star points in the ether to guide a homing soul
Towards God's Eternal Haven; above the wash and roll,
Across and o'er the oceans, on all the coasts they stand
Tall seneschals of commerce, High Wardens of the Strand --
...
- 6. Twilight
When a heavy surf is droning
In the twilight on the bar;
When our Mother Sea is crooning
...
- 7. Roderic Quinn
No more will Rod his lyrics sing,
As tuneful as the thrush when Spring
With minstrel voice is calling;
As joyous as the gentle chime
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