a pier or wharf, a place where boats are tied to the shore for loading or unloading
the goods that a ship is transporting
chained
dirty, shabby, grim
silent, without tone
dull, gloomy, cheerless, desolate
a grip that is choking
to loosen, un-tighten
a type of Irish beer
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'There's something new in the river,'
The fish said as it swam.
'It's got no scales, no fins and no gills,
And ignores the impassable dam.'
The fish sees something in the water it has never seen before. It is an object that is foreign to him,...
Hi, I can't seem to find this particular poem. Do you have a link to it?
I think the main idea has to do with the destructive arrival of man.
