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--She sang beyond the genius of the sea.
.....The water never formed to mind or voice,
.....Like a body wholly body, fluttering
.....Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic motion
.....Made constant cry, caused constantly a cry,
.....That was not ours although we understood,
.....Inhuman, of the veritable ocean.
.....The sea was not a mask. No more was she.
..The song and water were not medleyed sound
.....Even if what she sang was what she heard.
. Since what she sang was uttered word by word.
.....It may be that in all her phrases stirred
.....The grinding water and the gasping wind;
.....But it was she and not the sea we heard.
----Stevens---
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