7977. John Boyle O’Reilly. 1844-1890. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	7977
AUTHOR:	John Boyle O’Reilly (1844–1890)
QUOTATION:	Though it lash the shallows that line the beach, Afar from the great sea-deeps, There is never a storm whose might can reach Where the vast leviathan sleeps. Like a mighty thought in a mighty mind In the clear cold depths he swims; Whilst above him the pettiest form of his kind With a dash o’er the surface skims.
ATTRIBUTION:	Prelude to the amber whale.