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dusk to dawn, it has the stamp of supreme 

 beauty. Immensity and power are there, grace 

 and rhythm of movement run with its waves 

 and currents, light and color give it brilliancy 

 and splendor. Each wind that ruffles it shows 

 a new purity of hue, and each cloud that passes 

 over it a new depth of reflection. The rounded 

 heavens use it as a mirror, the stars are set 

 like jewel points upon its bosom, and the golden 

 sun flames from the bright incline of each 

 ocean swell like a mighty topaz shot with fire. 

 Oh, the beauty of the sea ! The full-rounded 

 sweep of it ! The deep transparency of it ! 

 The wondrous harmony of it ! The whole life 

 of the world lies there conserved by its own 

 energy — serene, indestructible, eternal. 



The beauty 

 of the sea. 



