Unnamed Poem 1

If aught she missed in her new day
Of amplitude, or awe,
Or first prospective, or the gold
In using wore away,
,
It lay unmentioned, as the sea
Develops pearl and weed,
But only to himself is known
The fathoms they abide.

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American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Song of Hiawatha." One of the most popular American poets of the 19th century.

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