A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail
And bends the gallant mast.

Allan Cunningham

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Topic

Sailing Ocean and sea

Author

Allan Cunningham

Source

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cunningham, Allan. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea. Performed by Mr. Howard. Baltimore: Howard. G. Willig Jr., 1850, I. 1.

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Topic
Broadening one's horizons Travel

Author

Gustave Flaubert
Source
Letters of Gustave Flaubert
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Advice
Language
French
Time
1857 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie. c. 1840.

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Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.

Arthur Rimbaud

The Drunken Boat

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Topic
Ocean and sea

Author

Arthur Rimbaud
Source
The Drunken Boat
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1871 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]." Les Poetes Maudits, edited by Paul Verlaine. Paris, 1884.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition, translated by Wallace Fowlie. University of Chicago Press, 2005.