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The pleased sea on a white-breasted shore-- A shore that wears on her alluring brows Rare shells, far brought, the love-gifts of the sea, That blushed a tell-tale.

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Alexander Smith
Age: 36 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 31
Died: 1867
Died: January 5
Poet
Cille Mheàrnaig
Brought
Wears
Sea
Shells
Ocean
Tale
White
Pleased
Tell
Shore
Breasted
Love
Gifts
Blushed
Rare
Alluring
Tales
Brows

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