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THE SECRET
In the profoundest ocean
There is a rainbow shell,
It is always there, shining most stilly
Under the greatest storm waves
And under the happy little waves
That the old Greek called 'ripples of laughter.'
And you listen, the rainbow shell
Sings—in the profoundest ocean.
It is always there, singing most silently! 1912.

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