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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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