Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear;
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
¶ "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) English poet
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