A SEA SHELL
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Behold it has been given to me To know the secrets of the sea,— Its magic and its mystery! And though, alas, I may not reach The clear communicable speech Of men, communing each with each, I have such wonderment to tell, Such marvel and such miracle, I needs must strive to break the spell. Hence do I murmur ceaselessly; And could one but translate me, he Might speak the secrets of the sea!
Clinton Scollard.