Ocean-lore

The tide-waves, whispering evermore To rocks and sands the ocean-lore.

[...] soul she brought Strange gifts from the great deep ; and more and more She seemed to love him, and with rapture taught The treasured secrets of her ocean-lore; Till earthy fancies in his heart of clay Began at last to move with sterner sway.

Faintly above the ocean's roar Mermaids are ringing phantom bells, Fragments of buried ocean-lore Echo in hearts of singing-shells.