Sonnet by Alfred Tennyson - <br />
Below the thunders of the upper deep;<br />
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,<br />
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep<br />
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee<br />
About his shadowy sides; above him swell<br />
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;<br />
And far away into the sickly light,<br />
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell<br />
Unnumber'd and enormous polypi<br />
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.<br />
Lord Alfred Tennyson has spent number of years on the Isle of Wight (1856-1892). I have spent there only 4 (in period 2005-2010) but that is enough to fell in love with this place and people.
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Below the thunders of the upper deep;<br />
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,<br />
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep<br />
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee<br />
About his shadowy sides; above him swell<br />
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;<br />
And far away into the sickly light,<br />
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell<br />
Unnumber'd and enormous polypi<br />
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.<br />