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John Donne |
 (1623)
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A Burnt Ship |
Out of a fired ship which by no way But drowning could be rescued from the flame Some men leaped forth, and ever as they came Near the foe´s ship, did by their shot decay; So all were lost, which in the ship were found, They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drowned. |
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