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La Mer (Author: Oscar Wilde)

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1. 1] A WHITE mist drifts aoross the shrouds,
   2] A wild moon in this wintry sky
   3] Gleams like an angry lion's eye
   4] Out of a mane of tawny clouds.
2. 5] The muffled steersman at the wheel
   6] Is but a shadow in the gloom;—
   7] And in the throbbing engine-room
   8] Leap the long rode of polished steel.
3. 9] The shattered storm has left its trace
   10] Upon this huge and heaving dome,
   11] For the thin threads of yellow foam
   12] Float on the waves like ravelled lace.