On the Origin of Salts Grayson

HENCE with diffusive SALT old Ocean steeps
His emerald shallows, and his sapphire deeps.
Oft in wide lakes, around their warmer brim
In hollow pyramids the crystals swim;
Or, fused by earth-born fires, in cubic blocks
Shoot their white forms, and harden into rocks.

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Irish poet and songwriter, friend of Byron, celebrated for Irish Melodies and lyrical romantic verse.

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