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Allan Cunningham Quotes

d. 1842 Scotland

Allan Cunningham (7 December 1784 – 30 October 1842) was a Scottish poet.

Scotland
Poets

Also known as: Cunningham, Allan

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A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast,
And fills the white and rustling sail,
And bends the gallant mast.
And bends the gallant mast, my boys,
While like the eagle free
Away the good ship flies, and leaves
Old England on the lee.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Allan Cunningham (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.