To the maiden
The sea was blue meadow,
Alive with little froth-people
Singing.
To the sailor, wrecked,
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Superlative in vacancy,
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SCHWARTZ Allyson Y. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Queens, Queens County,
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B.A., Simmons College,…
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