English Poetry. Katherine Mansfield. The Secret. Кэтрин Мэнсфилд.

Katherine Mansfield (Кэтрин Мэнсфилд)

The Secret

In the profoundest ocean
There is a rainbow shell,
It is always there, shining most stilly
Under the greatest storm waves
That the old Greek called ”ripples of laughter.”
As you listen, the rainbow shell
Sings--in the profoundest ocean.
It is always there, singing most silently!

Katherine Mansfield’s other poems:

1. The Town Between the Hills
2. Villa Pauline
3. Waves
4. A Joyful Song Of Five
5. A Little Boy’s Dream

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Emily Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) The Secret (“Some things that fly there be”)

Edward Sill (Эдвард Силл) The Secret (“A TIDE of sun and song in beauty broke”)

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