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TRANSMISSION by GLADYS CROMWELL

First Line: A SHELL EXPRESSED THE VERITY
Last Line: A WING -- A SOARING LIFE, I MEAN.
Subject(s): AIR; SEA; SKY; OCEAN;

A SHELL expressed the verity
In tones more limpid than the sea, --
Distilled the sea's infinity.

A mellow leaf disclosed the true
In more than sun's pellucid hue,
The sun was tinged in passing through.

A wing revealed the sky unseen,
Till motion made the air serene, --
A wing -- a soaring life, I mean.



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