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Lifetime: 1784 - 1842 Passed: ≈ 183 years ago

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Allan Cunningham

Books by Allan Cunningham

Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea Cover image

Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea

Poetry Romance Adventure
Love Death Adventure Ship Storm Sea Sailor Voyage Life Waves Ocean Wind

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea is a classic British sea-song, written by Allan Cunningham, a Scottish poet and author. Though Cunningham was a landsman, his song captures the beauty and danger of life at sea with evocative imagery and a rhythmic, stir...