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THE SEA SPIRIT
Ah me! I shall not waken soon
From dreams of such divinity!
A spirit singing 'neath the moon
To me.
From dreams of such divinity!
A spirit singing 'neath the moon
To me.
Wild sea-spray driven of the storm
Is not so wildly white as she,
Who beckoned with a foam-white arm
To me.
Is not so wildly white as she,
Who beckoned with a foam-white arm
To me.
With eyes dark green, and golden-green
Long locks, that sparkled drippingly,
Out of the green wave she did lean
To me.
Long locks, that sparkled drippingly,
Out of the green wave she did lean
To me.
And sang; till Earth and Heaven were
A far, forgotten memory;
Till more than Heaven seemed in her
To me:—
A far, forgotten memory;
Till more than Heaven seemed in her
To me:—
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Sleep, sweeter than love's face or home,
And death's immutability,
And music of the plangent foam,
Ah me!
And death's immutability,
And music of the plangent foam,
Ah me!
Sweep over her with all thy ships,
With all thy stormy tides, O sea!
The memory of immortal lips,
And me!
With all thy stormy tides, O sea!
The memory of immortal lips,
And me!
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