Poem by Louisa May Alcott

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'Give me freshening breeze, my boys,
A white and swelling sail,
A ship that cuts the dashing waves,
And weathers every gale.
What life is like a sailor's life,
So free, so bold, so brave?
His home the ocean's wide expanse,
A coral bed his grave.'

1. Beds to the Front of Them
2. From Our Happy Home
3. Dear Grif
4. Thoreau's Flute
5. Here Is the Bracelet

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