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Around, the neighbours mourn their hapless lot, And weeping children haunt the dreary spot; The lippering wave, rais’d by the nightly gale, Tells to the Moon her melancholy tale!
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by Castillo, John
The sea was lippering against its foundation, and he stood with his hand on his left hip, as with a raised head and keen eyes, he searched the far horizon.
From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
