Potential Titles: Edward Shanks

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Shadowy vessels floating out of sight - Edward Shanks "Boats at Night"

Beyond the harbour lantern's broken glare - Edward Shanks "Boats at Night"

With the whisper of the unseen shores - Edward Shanks "Boats at Night"

In the immenser hearts of dreaming men - Edward Shanks "Clouds"

Sheltered by sharp-speared gorse and the berried junipers - Edward Shanks "The Glow-Worm"

Small shadows standing lost in the huge night - Edward Shanks "The Glow-Worm"

Out of the distance a faint, keen breath - Edward Shanks "The Halt"

The last few drops of light drain silently - Edward Shanks "A Night-Piece"

Full of the dark-stooping night - Edward Shanks "A Night-Piece"

Hardly now we see the flowers - Edward Shanks "A Night-Piece"

Into hearts long empty of the sun - Edward Shanks "The Return"

Comes triumphant in his pomp and power - Edward Shanks "The Return"

To mark the sweetness of the sudden hour - Edward Shanks "The Return"

Where the deadened nerves so soon forget - Edward Shanks "The Return"

With false shades to conceal the emptiness - Edward Shanks "The Return"

Where creeping doubts and dumb, dull sorrows press - Edward Shanks "The Return"

All raptures known before were vain - Edward Shanks "The Return"

Loss which bared the utmost shivering nerve - Edward Shanks "The Return"

In these uneven walls a wave lies prisoned - Edward Shanks "The Rock Pool"

Dimly-glowing bells of sleeping sea-anemones - Edward Shanks "The Rock Pool"

Till on these rocks the waves returning break - Edward Shanks "The Rock Pool"


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