LXVIII.

"Now, lay thine ear against this golden sand,

And thou shalt hear the music of the sea,

Those hollow tunes it plays against the land,—

Is't not a rich and wondrous melody?

I have lain hours, and fancied in its tone

I heard the languages of ages gone!"

LXIX.

"I too can sing when it shall please thy choice,

And breathe soft tunes through a melodious shell,