THE SEA
Some people find pleasure in traversing “the pathless woods,” and others love the silence of the lonely shore. It is by the sea that I find my pleasure. The great blue rolling ocean! Who knows what it may have, witnessed? Many a fine ship has sunk into its watery depths. The sea is never the same. One day it may be calm and beautiful with little wavelets playing on its blue surface. The next day it will be a howling tempest, its great waves lashing on to the rocks in cascades of foam and spray. Empires have risen and fallen, such as Rome and Greece. The sea swept their shores while they powerful, and it still sweeps their shores now that they have fallen. It has been the scene of many fierce battles, such as Trafalgar, when England broke the power of the French tyrant. The great Spanish Armada was partly wrecked also in a fight with the English. The sea is sometimes called “Nature’s Mirror,” for on calm days we see the heavens reflected in its blue surface. To many the sea brings great pleasure, for who does not love to float or swim on it? Surf-riding too, is a great pastime derived from the sea. To others it brings only sorrow for many a loved one lies asleep under the waves. —Cissy Williamson, Mount Eden, (aged 13).
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 134, 27 August 1927, Page 27
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231THE SEA Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 134, 27 August 1927, Page 27
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