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, and all living below it, Forests at the bottom of the sea—the branches and
 * leaves,

Sea-lettuce, vast lichens, strange flowers and seeds—
 * the thick tangle, the openings, and the pink turf,

Different colors, pale gray and green, purple, white,
 * and gold—the play of light through the water,

Dumb swimmers there among the rocks—coral,
 * gluten, grass, rushes—and the aliment of the
 * swimmers,

Sluggish existences grazing there, suspended, or
 * slowly crawling close to the bottom,

The sperm-whale at the surface, blowing air and
 * spray, or disporting with his flukes,

The leaden-eyed shark, the walrus, the turtle, the
 * hairy sea-leopard, and the sting-ray;

Passions there—wars, pursuits, tribes—sight in
 * those ocean-depths—breathing that thick-breathing
 * air, as so many do,

The change thence to the sight here, and to the subtle
 * air breathed by beings like us, who walk this
 * sphere;

The change onward from ours to that of beings who
 * walk other spheres.