On a Clean Book

"On a Clean Book" is part of Zenobia Powell Perry's song cycle Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Date: 1983Composer: Zenobia Powell PerryText: Paul Laurence DunbarSong Collection: Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

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On a Clean Book
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Like sea-washed sand upon the shore,
So fine and clean the tale,
So clear and bright I almost see,
The flashing of a sail.

The tang of salt is in its veins,
The freshness of the spray
God give you love and lore and strength,
To give us such alway.

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