“An island-farm — broad seas of corn
Stirred by the wandering breath of morn —
The happy spot where I was born.”
Faces in the Fire (1860), st. 2
Three Sunsets and Other Poems (1898)
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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898Related quotes
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Source: Gift from the Sea
