THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 5

THE SEA.

MoLtte f Ifr WORLD'S SECRETS. „ The sfa* knoivjs all things, for at night tW are asleep th£ stars confide to hira their secrets. In his breast are stored away all the elements thuteo ,p make qtf th« ttuiid 1 wqria: , ,JEsneVt#, his depM li» buried the sunken kingdoms of labia and; legend,• wlrose.monarchs haVp long been lost in* SSii-mS. Hs appropriates and" makes his; own- all that is—dissolr* ing the* locßs* tffat leek to sto£ bit passage—forming, transforming,., rear* ranging,- nfiver• epasjng, .tireless. Tireless evbxtMT lW lets Iris rest in motiott. With acuteear he listens along (Svery coast and lies in wait for the spirit ot ffie'oMoWvrtfla. . ,XB' rivers run to meet him, carrying tidings from afar, and ever the' phosphorescent dust from other spheres #rmnWft oVi Ms sWfafee. It is not to be wondered -that men have, worshipped the ocean, for in! his depths' tftey lSiS'©' Uen mirrored -tho &nS#e i.<ft Eternity—of Infinity. Hero they have seen the symbol of God's gretfH u&R,yt typ(£ss with fljs* a-ea-tuyea. for the sea is the union ox all tfrfinfw particles, and it takes the wool* to make the one. ,„ , Sen have fallen on their faces tp,wor>, the sea. Women have thrown him their pareti, to aWetfft .his s£«». SiyageV yet tenderl/ mtsVfie rejMVed the priceless treasure and hidden it away, where none could recall. ~t ~ [. He HIS heard the dying groans.«f'UStold thousands, and drowned tttSjr cries M he| WlmJE.W^*9^i but still his ear has not failed to catch; the whispers of como from souls aDou't' to* appear oetOTe their Maker. , And vet how beautiful and kind is n«J, in his apparent relentless cruelty, for he keeps o'nly the transient; part, andfejrtly, separates tfiS rfnmortal ttffljt&ttt tha spirit back to J3od who gave it. And what doe"* tfe sea do with all these secrets, mysteries, and treasures J Go shrive and with soul all in tune, to the hMmoiifes ftf the Unl* fyfriffi rSteh to the' waves and tk** Aatf.teTl .the* the secrets cfllfef—[Elbert Hfobbard, whose beautiful mus< ing of the Ssa and its mysterijl Is given above, found.his rest in the ocean. H«J wsb one of thS victims of tne Lusitanisj tragedy.]