So we shuddered there in silence,— For the stoutest held his breath, While the hungry sea was roaring And the breakers talked with Death.
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Breakers
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Far off is seen, above the billowy mere, / Trinacrian AEtna, and the distant roar / of ocean and the beaten rocks we hear, / and the loud burst of breakers on the shore; / high from the shallows leap the surges hoar, / and surf and sand mix eddying.
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Health experts warn that spring breakers could carry the virus back to their hometowns.
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Medical experts worry returning spring breakers could bring COVID-19 home with them.
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