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SEA DREAMS.
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Swept with it to the shore, and enter’d oneOf those dark caves that run beneath the cliffs.I thought the motion of the boundless deepBore through the cave, and I was heaved upon itIn darkness: then I saw one lovely starLarger and larger. “What a world,” I thought,“To live in!” but in moving I foundOnly the landward exit of the cave,Bright with the sun upon the stream beyond:And near the light a giant woman sat,All over earthy, like a piece of earth,A pickaxe in her hand: then out I sliptInto a land all of sun and blossom, treesAs high as heaven, and every bird that sings:And here the night-light flickering in my eyesAwoke me.’
‘That was then your dream,’ she said,‘Not sad, but sweet.’
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