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The Secret
| Poems ~ 'The Secret' written by Katherine Mansfield |
| 1923. | Link to further information |
In the profoundest ocean
There is a rainbow shell,
It is always there, shining most stilly
Under the greatest storm waves
That the old Greek called "ripples of laughter."
As you listen, the rainbow shell
Sings--in the profoundest ocean.
It is always there, singing most silently!
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