The Pacific

           WhenglidingbytheBasheeislesweemergedatlastuponthegreatSouthSea;wereitnotforotherthingsIcouldhavegreetedmydearPacificwithuncountedthanks,fornowthelongsupplicationofmyyouthwasanswered;thatsereneoceanrolledeastwardsfrommeathousandleaguesofblue.

           Thereis,oneknowsnotwhatsweetmysteryaboutthissea,whosegentlyawfulstirringsseemstospeakofsomehiddensoulbeneath;likethosefabledundulationsoftheEphesiansodovertheburiedEvangelistSt.John.Andmeetitis,thatoverthesesea-pastures,wide-rollingwateryprairiesandPotters’Fieldsofallfourcontinents,thewavesshouldriseandfall,andebbandflowunceasingly;forhere,millionsofmixedshadesandshadows,drowneddreams,somnambulisms,reveries;allthatwecalllivesandsouls,liedreaming,dreaming,still;tossinglikeslumberersintheirbeds;theever-rollingwavesbutmadesobytheirrestlessness.

           ToanymeditativeMagianrover,thisserenePacific,oncebeheld,musteverafterbetheseaofhisadoption.Itrollsthemidmostwatersoftheworld,theIndianoceanandAtlanticbeingbutitsarms.Thesamewaveswashthemolesofthenew-builtCaliforniatowns,butyesterdayplantedbytherecentestraceofmenandlavethefadedbutstillgorgeousskirtsofAsiaticlands,olderthanAbraham;whileallbetweenfloatmilky-waysofcoralisles,andlow-lying,endless,unknownArchipelagoes,andimpenetrableJapans

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