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The Secret of the Sea.

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Ah! what pleasant visions haunt me
 As I gaze upon the sea!
All the old romantic legends,
 All my dreams, come back to me.

Sails of silk and ropes of sendal,
 Such as gleam in ancient lore;
And the singing of the sailors,
 And the answer from the shore!