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THE OCEAN'S DEAD.

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The pen of man may freely trace
The story of the land;
But who thy mystery, O Sea,
Can fully understand?

O Deep! thy fearful history
Will never all be read,
Till He who sees thy darkest caves
Shall wake thy countless dead.