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Dear Mr? Mrs? Powell, Glad you have come across the Peter bellamy collection. We have put a review of it in our Dec Journal by Bob Copper. Your query as to origin is that it is a verse contained in "The Song of the English" - entitled She calls us, still unfed. Ther verse goes as follows;- We have fed our sea for a thousand years And she calls us still unfed Though there's never a wave of all her waves But marks our English dead. It is opposite a delightful painting by Heath Robinson showing a large sailing ship approaching a dead maiden floating on the surface. Hope this helps Best wishes Michael Smith (Hon.Sec. Kipling Society) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%