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‘Pale cressets on the summer waters shine, No ripple there but flings its jet of fire. Rich amber wrack still bronzing in the brine Is tossed ashore in daylight to expire. Here wallowing waves the rocky shoal enwreathe, And in loose spray, cascades of bubbles fall, And steeps of watery, coral-mantled wall Drink of the billow, and the sunshine breathe.

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