The Bubble and the Gold.

The Bubble and the Gold
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THE diver in unshapely coat of mail Sank eagerly to search out hintedgold.
With passing interest, as his lines were told,
The crowd looked on-then turned with shouts to hail
A gaily clouted clown in shallop frail.
Who leapt among the waves as one full bold
Of Neptune’s rage, yet ever kept his hold
Close to the shore and well in safety’s pale.
Loudly they cheered as high he threw the foam,
And praised the bubble jewels that he wrought;
While far without, beneath, where mon- sters roam,
In caverns dark the diver sought- forgot.

Wrenched from the deep, the treasure rose to fame;
The world rejoiced. finder’s name. Some asked the