On a Clean Book
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Publication Information
Published in Lyrics of Love and Laughter (1903)
Performed by Herbert Woodward Martin
Musical Settings
Zenobia Powell Perry, On a Clean Book (Cycle of Songs on Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar) (January 2010)
Recommended Citation
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, "On a Clean Book" (1903). Dunbar Music Archive. 289.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dunbar/289
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Text
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.