Whisperings of the Sea
Fragmentary literary meditation on tides and longing. The speaker contemplates sailors, Undine legends, Italian moonlight, and distant shores while invoking faith and divine blessing amid storms and memory.
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1872
Page
3
Fragmentary literary meditation on tides and longing. The speaker contemplates sailors, Undine legends, Italian moonlight, and distant shores while invoking faith and divine blessing amid storms and memory.
A narrator recalls a rough journey to Cork and staying at Norah O Fea’s Garden of Eden inn. The scene features a dingy parlor, a prizefighter guest, and a wary encounter with Norah and her lover as they discuss a written note and possible illicit business.
A narrator recounts strange events in a rural Irish setting where a clock, a yew sprig, and a holly swap trigger nocturnal intrusions. A letter from Norah O Fea reveals a planned murder and alert to use branches for disguise. The tale ends with the narrator fleeing to Cork, believing the holly saved their life.
The San Francicso Chronicle details a California quake with rivers swelling and Lone Pine and Owens Lake bridges destroyed. A graveyard dig for disaster victims collapsed as earth tremors shook the region. a possible volcanic eruption is rumored, with an Owens River valley fog and flames seen. An expedition to Lone Pine departs this afternoon.
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