<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416255" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Shell</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">AND then I pressed the shell<br>Close to my ear<br>And listened well,<br>And straightway like a bell<br>Came low and clear <br>The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,<br>Whipped by an icy breeze<br>Upon a shore<br>Wind-swept and desolate.<br>It was a sunless strand that never bore <br>The footprint of a man,<br>Nor felt the weight<br>Since time began<br>Of any human quality or stir<br>Save what the dreary winds and waves incur. <br>And in the hush of waters was the sound<br>Of pebbles rolling round,<br>For ever rolling with a hollow sound.<br>And bubbling sea-weeds as the waters go<br>Swish to and fro<br>Their long, cold tentacles of slimy grey.<br>There was no day,<br>Nor ever came a night<br>Setting the stars alight<br>To wonder at the moon: <br>Was twilight only and the frightened croon,<br>Smitten to whimpers, of the dreary wind<br>And waves that journeyed blind-<br>And then I loosed my ear ... O, it was sweet<br>To hear a cart go jolting down the street.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Stephens">James Stephens</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416255" data-title="The Shell de James Stephens" data-description="AND then I pressed the shell Close to my ear And listened well, And straightway like a bell Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas, Whipped by an icy breeze Upon a shore Wind-swept and desolate. It was a sunless strand that n..."></div> </div> </div>

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