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Excerpt from The Sea-Spirit and Other Poems
And human lay was ne'er so gay As the lay the spirit sings!
The human children near him come, The green boughs o'er them fall 5 And now the waving willow-tree Is a pleasant bower for all. The spirit lifts his head and smiles, For he hears their blessed breathing, And loves to see the willow-tree Round him and them enwreathing.
He sings, Thrice welcome here, Ye lovely human faces Oh! Linger, linger near, And I will tell of them that dwell In ocean's secret places. Ye cannot go where I have been, Ye cannot see what I have seen; Earth's music is but sad and dull To those rich melodies that lull The tempests of the deep, When wave by wave sinks down to rest, Like passions in an angry breast, Beneath the spell of sleep.
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