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We know not what lies in us, till we seek; / Men dive for pearls-they are not found on shore, / The hillsides most unpromising and bleak / Do sometimes hide the ore.
Go, dive in the vast ocean of thy mind, / O man! far down below the noisy waves, / Down in the depths and silence thou mayst find / Rare pearls and coral caves.
Sink thou a shaft into the mine of thought; / Be patient, like the seekers after gold; / Under the rocks and rubbish lieth what / May bring thee wealth untold.
Reflected from the vastly Infinite, / However dulled by earth, each human mind / Holds somewhere gems of beauty and of light / Which, seeking, thou shalt find.