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 "title": "Turn o’ the Tide",
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  "year": 1920,
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   {
    "text": "The tide flows in to the harbour⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "The bold tide, the gold tide, the flood o’ the sunlit sea⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "And the little ships riding at anchor,",
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   {
    "text": "Are swinging and slanting their prows to the ocean, panting",
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   {
    "text": "To lift their wings to the wide wild air,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And venture a voyage they know not where⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "To fly away and be free!",
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   {
    "text": "The tide runs out of the harbour⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "The low tide, the slow tide, the ebb o’ the moonlit bay⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "And the little ships rocking at anchor,",
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   {
    "text": "Are rounding and turning their bows to the landward, yearning",
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   },
   {
    "text": "To breathe the breath of the sun-warmed strand,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "To rest in the lee of the high hill land⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "To hold their haven and stay!",
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   {
    "text": "My heart goes round with the vessels⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "My wild heart, my child heart, in love with the sea and the land⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "And the turn o’ the tide passes through it,",
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   {
    "text": "In rising and falling with mystical currents, calling",
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   {
    "text": "At morn, to range where the far waves foam,",
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   {
    "text": "At night, to a harbour in love’s true home,",
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   {
    "text": "With the hearts that understand!",
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