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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Sea-wash

Carl Sandburg

From “Smoke Nights”

THE SEA-WASH never ends.

The sea-wash repeats, repeats.

Only old songs? Is that all the sea knows?

Only the old strong songs?

Is that all?

The sea-wash repeats, repeats.