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Oh, fairy palace of pink and pearl / Frescoed with filigree silver-white, / Down in the silence beneath the sea / God by Himself must have fashioned thee / Just for His own delight!
But no! -- For a dumb and shapeless thing / Stirring in darkness its little hour, / Thy walls were built with infinite care, / Thou sea-scented home, so fine and fair, / Perfect -- and like a flower!