A Treasury of Canadian Verse, with Brief Biographical Notes

by Unknown

Fulfils Himself in me

With ceaseless strife.

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I WATCH THE SHIPS

I WATCH the ships by town and lea

With sails full set glide out to sea,

Till by the distant light-house rock

The breakers beat with roar and shock

And foam fierce flying o'er their decks,

While deep below lie ocean's wrecks;