I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-borne treasures home…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-borne treasures home. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.51, Delphi Classics
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I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-borne treasures home. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated), p.51, Delphi Classics

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