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I saw a tract of ocean locked inland,
Within a field's embrace --
The very sea! Afar it fled the strand,
And gave the seasons chase,
And met the night alone, the tempest spanned,
Saw sunrise face to face.
O Poet, more than ocean, lonelier!
In inaccessible rest
And storm remote, thou, sea of thoughts, dost err
Scattered through east to west, -- / Now, while thou closest with the kiss of her / Who locks thee to her breast.