TEARS of gold the heavens wept; They fell and were by billows swept Into the sea, 'mid coral caves, Where roll the ever-restless waves. And thus they lay, till they were found By mermaids on the ocean's ground. The sea-nymphs took the gems so rare, And wound them in their sea-green hair. And often now some summer's night The ocean gleams with golden light Caused by the mermaids sporting there With tears of gold in flowing hair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE LADIES by MARY LEE CHUDLEIGH THE FLIRT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES WHAT BEST I SEE; TO U.S.G. RETURN'D FROM HIS WORLD'S TOUR by WALT WHITMAN LINES by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TIPPERARY: 2. AS THE TRANSLATORS WOULD HAVE INTERLINED IT . . . by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE GODODDIN: CONAN by ANEIRIN |