\nRoll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean \u2013 roll!
\nTen thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
\nMan marks the earth with ruin \u2013 his control
\nStops with the shore; \u2013 upon the watery plain
\nThe wrecks are all thy deed, not does remain
\nA shadow of man\u2019s ravage, save his own,
\nWhen for a moment, like a drop of rain,
\nHe sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan,
\nWithout a grave, unknell\u2019d, uncoffin\u2019d, and unknown.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u2014George Gordon Byron, from Childe Harold\u2019s Pilgrimage<\/em>, canto II<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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