Excerpt from The Mine, or Darkness and LightThe sea does not look here as it does anywhere else! You never have a proper good storm in this miserable bay! I like to see the great billows come rolling and tossing upon the shore, covering the beach with their creamy foam, and tossing on high their sparkling spray! But here, even when I can see the distant waters all whitened with the gale, the waves come creeping in as if they were ashamed Of themselves, and had not life or spirit for a toss! The very sea-mews never come near us here, not a swallow builds its nest under our eaves one never hears the voice Of a bird 1.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.