• Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

  Lord George Byron
  English poet 1788-1824
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. thousand
2. control
3. sweep
4. marks
5. earth
6. stops

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Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore. by : Lord George Byron

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