| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Sea Slumber-Song |
| | | Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel (1834–94) |
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| SEA-BIRDS are asleep, | |
| The world forgets to weep, | |
| Sea murmurs her soft slumber-song | |
| On the shadowy sand | |
| Of this elfin land; | 5 |
| “I, the Mother mild, | |
| Hush thee, O my child, | |
| Forget the voices wild! | |
| Isles in elfin light | |
| Dream, the rocks and caves, | 10 |
| Lull’d by whispering waves, | |
| Veil their marbles bright, | |
| Foam glimmers faintly white | |
| Upon the shelly sand | |
| Of this elfin land; | 15 |
| Sea-sound, like violins, | |
| To slumber woos and wins, | |
| I murmur my soft slumber-song, | |
| Leave woes, and wails, and sins, | |
| Ocean’s shadowy might | 20 |
| Breathes goodnight, | |
| Good-night!” | |
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