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Forty Singing Seamen
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There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky.

— Alfred Noyes

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky." in the context of "Forty Singing Seamen" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Alfred Noyes

About Alfred Noyes

Alfred Noyes (16 September 1880 – 28 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright.