English James Stephens?

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AND then I pressed the shell

Close to my ear

And listened well,

And straightway like a bell

Came low and clear

The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,

Whipped by an icy breeze

Upon a shore

Wind-swept and desolate.

It was a sunless strand that never bore 1

The footprint of a man

Nor felt the weight

Since time began

Of any human quality or stir

Save what the dreary winds and waves incur.

And in the hush of waters was the sound

Of pebbles rolling round,

For ever rolling with a hollow sound.

And bubbling sea-weeds as the waters go

Swish to and fro

Their long, cold tentacles of slimy grey

There was no day,

Nor ever came a night

Setting the stars alight

To wonder at the moon

Was twilight only and the frightened croon

Smitten to whimpers, of the dreary wind

And waves that journeyed blind—

And then I loosed my ear ... O, it was sweet

To hear a cart go jolting down the street

English James Stephens?
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