SEA LILY
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eed,slashed and torn,but doubly rich--such great heads as yoursdrift upon temple-steps,but you are shatteredin the wind. Myrtle-barkis flecked from you,scales are dashedfrom your stem,sand cuts your petal,furrows it with hard edge,like flinton a bright stone. Yet though the whole windslash at your bark,you are lifted up,aye--though it hissto cover you with froth.
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