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 Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow,
 Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.  
 Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow,
 Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. 
 The sea is flowing ever,
 The land retains it never.  
 The sea is flowing ever,
 The land retains it never. 
 Deep calleth upon deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy 
waves and thy billows are gone over read more 
 Deep calleth upon deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy 
waves and thy billows are gone over me. 
 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a 
swaddlingband for it,
 And brake up read more 
 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a 
swaddlingband for it,
 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here 
shall thy proud waves be stayed? 
 Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll!
 Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
  Man read more 
 Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll!
 Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
  Man marks the earth with ruin--his control
   Stops with the shore. 
 Ye waves
 That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe
  Your crisped smiles.  
 Ye waves
 That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe
  Your crisped smiles. 
 The sea! the sea! the open sea!
 The blue, the fresh, the ever free!
  Without a mark, read more 
 The sea! the sea! the open sea!
 The blue, the fresh, the ever free!
  Without a mark, without a bound,
   It runneth the earth's wide regions round;
    It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies;
     Or like a cradled creature lies. 
 The image of Eternity--the throne
 Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime
  The monsters of the read more 
 The image of Eternity--the throne
 Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime
  The monsters of the deep are made; each zone
   Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone. 
 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south 
pass through; so it cometh from read more 
 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south 
pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.