leaning on the taffrail:
She settles her tam and quotes from Two Gentlemen of Verona.
They talk of Naples as sailors leer at them
from on top a stack of boxes.
Henley Street
June 20, 1615
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llen and I sailed the Thames, the water stippled with gulls; our hands locked, we stood at the stern and hoped for a smooth voyage, with love, our rudderbar credulous to us, the wind mild and lasting. In Venetian wine there would be happiness, we promised each other...