Night lines

The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast, the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Matthew Arnold Dover Beach lines 1–5 first published 1867
Edition
The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (1897)
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Public domain: Arnold died in 1888; this edition was published in 1897.

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