Though it lash the shallows that line the beach, Afar from the great sea-deeps, There is never a storm whose might can reach Where the vast leviathan… - John Boyle O'Reilly

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Though it lash the shallows that line the beach, Afar from the great sea-deeps,
There is never a storm whose might can reach Where the vast leviathan sleeps.
Like a mighty thought in a mighty mind In the clear cold depths he swims;
Whilst above him the pettiest form of his kind With a dash o'er the surface skims.