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Just lost when I was saved!
Just felt the world go by!
Just girt me for the onset with eternity, / When breath blew back, / And on the other side / I heard recede the disappointed tide!
Therefore, as one returned, I feel, / Odd secrets of the line to tell!
Some sailor, skirting foreign shores, / Some pale reporter from the awful doors / Before the seal!
Next time, to stay!
Next time, the things to see / By ear unheard, / Unscrutinized by eye.
Next time, to tarry, / While the ages steal, -- / Slow tramp the centuries, / And the cycles wheel.