<h2><SPAN name="page113"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>THE DEPTHS</h2>
<p class="poetry">Not only sun-kissed heights are fair.
Below<br/>
The cold, dark billows of the frowning deep<br/>
Do lovely blossoms of the ocean sleep,<br/>
Rocked gently by the waters to and fro.<br/>
The coral beds with magic colours glow,<br/>
And priceless pearl-encrusted molluscs heap<br/>
The glittering rocks where shining atoms leap<br/>
Like living broken rainbows.</p>
<p class="poetry"> Even so<br/>
We find the sea of sorrow. Black as night<br/>
The sullen surface meets our frightened gaze,<br/>
As down we sink to darkness and
despair.<br/>
But at the depths—such beauty! such delight!<br/>
Such flowers as never grew in pleasure’s
ways!<br/>
Ah! not alone are sun-kissed
summits fair.</p>
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