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The document contains 3 poems: 1) "Sea Lullaby" by Elinor Wylie describes a murderous sea that kills a village child for amusement. 2) "We Alone" by Alice Walker is about devaluing gold and wealth, and instead finding value in what is plentiful in nature. 3) "It's All I Have to Bring Today" by Emily Dickinson is about the speaker bringing a gift of their heart and all of nature like fields and bees to dwell in clover.
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- 1. Sea Lullaby, WeAlone, and It’s All I Have To Bring Today-By: Maddy S.
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- 3. The old moonis tarnished With smoke of the flood,
- 4. The dead leavesare varnished With colour like blood,
- 5. A treacherous smilerWithteeth white as milk,
- 6. A savage beguilerIn sheathings of silk,
- 7. The sea creepsto pillage, She leaps on her prey;
- 8. A child ofthe village Was murdered today.
- 9. She came upto meet him In a smooth golden cloak,
- 10. She choked himand beat him To death, for a joke.
- 11. Her bright lockswere tangled, She shouted for joy,
- 12. With one handshe strangled A strong little boy.
- 13. Now in silenceshe lingers Beside him all night
- 14. To wash herlong fingers In silvery light.
- 15. Sea LullabyThe oldmoon is tarnished With smoke of the flood, The dead leaves are varnished With colour like blood, A treacherous smilerWith teeth white as milk, A savage beguiler In sheathings of silk, The sea creeps to pillage, She leaps on her prey; A child of the village Was murdered today. She came up to meet him In a smooth golden cloak, She choked him and beat him To death, for a joke. Her bright locks were tangled, She shouted for joy, With one hand she strangled A strong little boy. Now in silence she lingers Beside him all night To wash her long fingers In silvery light.
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- 17. We alone candevalue gold
- 18. By not caringifit falls or rises in the marketplace.
- 19. Wherever there isgold there is a chain, you know,
- 20. and if yourchain is goldso much the worse for you
- 21. Feathers, shells andsea-shaped stones
- 22. are all asrare.
- 23. This could beour revolution: to love what is plentiful
- 24. as much aswhat's scarce.
- 25. We AloneWe alonecan devalue goldBy not caring If it falls or risesIn the market placeWherever there is goldThere is a chain, you know,And if your chainIs goldSo much the worseFor youFeathers, shellsAnd sea-shaped stonesAre all as rare.This could be our revolution:To love what is plentifulAs much asWhat’s scarce.
- 26. It’s All Ihave To Bring Today-Emily Dickinson
- 27. It's all Ihave to bring today -- This, and my heart beside --
- 28. This, and myheart, and all the fields -- And all the meadows wide --
- 29. Be sure youcount -- should I forget Some one the sum could tell --
- 30. This, and myheart, and all the Bees Which in the Clover dwell.
- 31. It’s All IHave To Bring Today--It’s all I have to bring today --This, and my heart beside --This, and my heart, and all the fields --And all the meadows wide --Be sure you count -- should I forgetSome one the sum could tell --This, and my heart, and all the BeesWhich the Clover dwell.