| Matthew Arnold - 1853 - 298 pages
...its toy. For the priest, and the bell, and the holy well. For the wheel where I spun, And the blessed light of the sun." And so she sings her fill, Singing...came a mortal, But faithless was she. And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea." But, children, at midnight, When soft the winds blow M 4 When clear... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...its toy. For the priest, and the bell, and the holy well. For the wheel where I spun, And the blessed light of the sun." And so she sings her fill, Singing...came a mortal, But faithless was she. And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea." But, children, at midnight, When soft the winds blow ; When clear falls... | |
| Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye, And a heart sorrow laden, A long, long sigh, For the cold strange eyes of a...a mortal, But faithless was she ; And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea." THE WHECK OF THE HESPERUS. U9 But children, at midnight, When soft... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 pages
...anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye And a heart sorrow-laden, A long, long sigh. JTor the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden And the...came a mortal, But faithless was she. And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea." But, children, at midnight, When soft the winds blow ; When clear falls... | |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1868 - 366 pages
...submarine world, along its slippery and unpaven ways, under its roof of hollow sound and tumbling storm. " We shall see, -while above us The waves roar and whirl, A ceiling of amber, A pavement of pearl." At the entrance of the labyrinth we are met by huge mythologic figures, created of fire and cloud.... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...will hear the winds howling, Will hear the waves roar. 115 We shall see, while above us The waves rear and whirl, A ceiling of amber, A pavement of pearl, Singing, ' Here came a mortal, 120 But faithless was she, And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea.' But, children, at midnight,... | |
| William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...withits toy; For the priest, and the bell, and the holy well. For the wheel where I spun, And the blessed light of the sun." And so she sings her fill, Singing...came a mortal, But faithless was she. And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea." But children at midnight, When soft the winds blow ; When clear falls... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pages
...her slumber When gusts shake the door ; She will hear the winds howling, Will hear the waves roar. n5 We shall see, while above us The waves roar and whirl,...pavement of pearl, Singing, ' Here came a mortal, I ;o But faithless was she, And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea,' But, children, at midnight,... | |
| 1872 - 264 pages
...the winds howling, Will hear the waves roar. We shall see, while above us The waves roar and whirl, a A ceiling of amber, A pavement of pearl. Singing,...came a mortal, But faithless was she, And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea." But, children, at midnight, "When soft the winds blow ; "When clear... | |
| Living voices - 1873 - 586 pages
...eye, And a heart sorrow-laden, A long, long sigh, For the cold strange eyes of a little memtaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. Come away, away,...a mortal, But faithless was she ! And alone dwell for ever The kings of the Sea." But, children, at midnight, When soft the winds blow, When clear falls... | |
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