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"I have seen 

 A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract 

 Of Inland ground, applying to his ear 

 The convolutions of a smooth-lipp'd shell; 

 To which in silence hush'd, his very soul 

 Listen'd intensely and his countenance soon 

 Brightened with Joy: for murmerings from within 

 Were heard, — sonorous cadences, whereby. 

 To his belief, the monitor express'd 

 Mysterious union with its native sea." 



Wordsworth 



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