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The Sea-King

A metrical romance, in six cantos. With notes, historical and illustrative. By J. Stanyan Bigg
Bigg, J. Stanyan (1828-1865)
  
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XXVIII.

Old Orvar was affected,—and his eye
Emitted wond'rous beams;
As though a tender soul
Dwelt in a cold exterior; and a sigh
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Or something like it, from his bosom came;
And round his changing eye
That sparkled like a ball of flame,
A mist seemed gathering, and a drop fell down,
A scalding drop, as though it was a tear.
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