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The Immigrant

Twos early morn when I boarded the ship
And Mama gave me one last kiss
I walked up on the plank
Scared with a shaking hand
A wave good bye from down below
Mom's face fading I loved her so
For days on end the bow pushed foamy water
The homeland shrank close came the US border
On a cold morning in December
It was Lady Liberty I always remember
Tall and proud she greeted the crowd
All were standing along the rail
She welcomed the young and the frail
How many years have passed
Since that eventful day
How many springtime's in May
Life engulfed me took me into the fold
In the meantime I have grown old
I traveled near and traveled far
All the beautiful places I saw

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poem by Ingeborg von Finsterwalde
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I'm as thick as a plank.

quote by Princess Diana
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The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

quote by Edward Young
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Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe.

quote by Harry Dean Stanton
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A singer for me is more like someone who is standing alone with a microphone like Scott Walker, rather than someone who is bashing a plank and is spitting all over a microphone.

quote by Graham Coxon
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I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.

quote by David R. Brower
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My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.

quote by James Longstreet
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Thanks Be To Him

To Him, who I have not seen,
But whose words I have heard,
And touch I have felt,
A heart full of thanks.

I stood amidst the ocean,
With heavy wind and violent waves.
There came His voice,
And then His touch,
Like a plank of wood,
To a sinking man.

A simple word of thanks,
Is not all enough,
But now take this,
Thanks a lot, Thank you.

poem by Santhosh Vijayakumar
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Submerged

I have known only my own shallows -
Safe, plumbed places,
Where I was wont to preen myself.

But for the abyss
I wanted a plank beneath
And horizons…

I was afraid of the silence
And the slipping toe-hold…

Oh, could I now dive
Into the unexplored deeps of me -
Delve and bring up and give
All that is submerged, encased, unfolded,
That is yet the best.

poem by Lola Ridge
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Then, So Be It!

if my living be
just a plank
on the bridge to eternity...
just the match
that lights the lantern,
just the wind carrying
the dust of truth...
just the soft rain falling
in the darkness before the dawn,
just the echo of the sound
of your soul saying, 'hello'...
just the touch of a human hand,
when you need it the most,
just a passing smile,
and the glint of the eyes...
then, so be it!

poem by Eric Cockrell
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