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repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.

Marianne Moore
Sea, Looks, Return
Marianne Moore (1994). “Complete Poems”, p.49, Penguin
repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.