 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - American poetry - 1886 - 746 pages
...Till the spindle drops from her hand, And the whizzing wheel stands still. She steals to the windows, and looks at the sand. And over the sand at the sea...above us The waves roar and whirl, A ceiling of amber, Singing : " Here came a mortal, But faithless was she ! And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea."... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 224 pages
...cold strange eyes of a little mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. THE FORSAKEN MERMAN. 79 Come away, away, children, Come, children, come down....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 - Poetry of places - 1887 - 390 pages
...this way ! . . . Come away, away children ; Come children, come down ! The hoarse wind blows coldly ; Lights shine in the town. She will start from her...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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Poetry - 1889 - 296 pages
...her golden hair. Come away, away children ; Come children, come down ! The hoarse wind blows coldly ; Lights shine in the town. She will start from her...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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1889 - 258 pages
...long, long sigh ; For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the...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... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Recitations - 1889 - 356 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...amber, -A. pavement of pearl. Singing, " Here came a mortaV, faithless was she, alone dwell forever kings of the sea." children, at midnight, soft the winds... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1890 - 220 pages
...heart sorrow-laden, A long. long sigh, For the co'.d strange eyes of a little mennaideu, And the gieam of her golden hair. Come away, away, children, Come,...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 178 pages
...her golden hair. Come away, away children ; Come children, come down ! The hoarse wind blows coldly ; Lights shine in the town. She will start from her...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 862 pages
...her golden hair. Come away, away children ; Come children, come down ! The hoarse wind blows coldly; Lights shine in the town. She will start from her...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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1894 - 860 pages
...children ; Come children, come down ! The hoarse wind blows coldly ; Lights shine in the town. She wi>l start from her slumber When gusts shake the door;...pavement of pearl. Singing : 'Here came a mortal, l!ut faithless was she! And alone dwell for ever The kings of the sea.' Cut, children, at midnight,... | |
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Lights shine in the town. She will start from her slumber When gusts shake the door; She will hear the winds howling, Will hear the waves roar. We shall see, while above us The waves roar and whirl, A ceiling of amber, A pavement of pearl. Singing, "Here... 
