The Sea-King A metrical romance, in six cantos. With notes, historical and illustrative. By J. Stanyan Bigg |
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But still the guests in silent horror stood,Till with a sudden start
They felt the kindly long congealed blood
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And in its proper channels flow,
With a pleasurable glow.
For that old man had spoken
In accents so kind,
That the ice was all broken,
As if with a token,
That thrilled through their body, and thrilled through their mind.
“'Tis strange how such a power should dwell
With any breathing mortal breath,”
“Hush! be silent! how canst thou tell
That he cometh not up from the palace of death.
But whether he be a man or no
Time will show,—time will show!”
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