Nearly forty years later, in 2005, EM wrote another poem for Finlay on his 80th birthday, returning once more to imagery of the sea and ships that the two men loved:

“But when at last you come across the ship with eighty / sails, oh what a sight that is to take to heart . . .”

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In his breakout collection The Second Life (1968), Morgan included a poem in celebration of Finlay – “maker of boats” – and his careful craftsmanship as a poet and artist.