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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEA SLUMBER-SONG, by RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOEL Poet's Biography
First Line: Sea birds are asleep
Last Line: "good-night!"
Subject(s): Mothers; Sea; Ocean
First Line: Sea birds are asleep
Last Line: "good-night!"
Subject(s): Mothers; Sea; Ocean
Sea-birds are asleep,
The world forgets to weep,
Sea murmurs her soft slumber-song
On the shadowy sand
Of this elfin land;
"I, the Mother mild,
Hush thee, O my child,
Forget the voices wild!
Isles in elfin light
Dream, the rocks and caves,
Lull'd by whispering waves,
Veil their marbles bright,
Foam glitters faintly white
Upon the shelly sand
Of this elfin land;
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
Breathes good-night,
Good-night!"
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