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The Lee Shore.

By Thomas Hood

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Sleet! and Hail! and Thunder!     And ye Winds that rave,     Till the sands thereunder     Tinge the sullen wave -     Winds, that like a Demon,     Howl with horrid note     Round the toiling Seaman,     In his tossing boat -     From his humble dwelling,     On the shingly shore,     Where the billows swelling,     Keep such hollow roar -     From that weeping Woman,     Seeking with her cries     Succor superhuman     From the frowning skies -     From the Urchin pining     For his Father's knee -     From the lattice shining -     Drive him out to sea!     Let broad leagues dissever     Him from yonder foam -     Oh, God! to think Man ever     Comes too near his Home!

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About Thomas Hood

Thomas Hood (1799–1845) was an English poet and humorist whose social protest poems "The Song of the Shirt" and "The Bridge of Sighs" drew attention to the plight of the poor. He was also a master of comic verse and wordplay.

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