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For these have the toil and the guerdon
For the wind's is their doom and their blessing;
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BY THE NORTH SEA.
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That the wind has eternally: these
Have part in the boon and the burden
Of the sleepless unsatisfied breeze,
That finds not, but seeking rejoices
That possession can work him no wrong:
And the voice at the heart of their voice is
The sense of his song.
15.
To desire, and have always above
A possession beyond their possessing,
A love beyond reach of their love.
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