Word: oceans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...breezes, the ocean billows...
...over the icy ocean...
...ocean we will...
...dream again. I sat there till the cold light of dawn broadened in the east, and the moon slowly whitened away to nothingness. Then I dressed myself, and, stepping out upon the upper balcony, watched the sunrise. As the colors warmed and deepened on the hills, and the broad ocean sparkled and shimmered, - so unlike that ghostly moon-swept sea of my dream, - this sense of oppression grew less vehement, as all such feelings must by daylight. I was almost recovered from the effects of the night, when I heard a light footstep, and then a pleasant voice...
...heavy blow to me to leave the cultured society of Boston for a home on the boundless plains and perpendicular canons. Aren't canons very high? It was a humble home which we sought, a retired spot on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, where one could listen all day long to the sea's eternal hymn, with the plash of gold running from the veins of the mines for an accompaniment. But I digress...