{"product_id":"2940148834304","title":"Songs of Sea and Sail","description":"THE MERMAID'S SONG.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOh, what comes flowing over the sea\u003cbr\u003eIn the hush of the evening's cool?\u003cbr\u003eIt is a mermaid singing to me\u003cbr\u003eAs she sits in a silver pool.\u003cbr\u003eAs she sits in a silver pool and sings\u003cbr\u003eOf the world I never shall see,\u003cbr\u003eWhere the dulse-weed clings,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the star-fish rings\u003cbr\u003eThe red anemone;\u003cbr\u003eThe world which lies\u003cbr\u003eWhere human eyes\u003cbr\u003eAre never allowed to see\u003cbr\u003eThe gold and gems\u003cbr\u003eAnd fluted stems\u003cbr\u003eOf the crimson coral tree—\u003cbr\u003e[Pg 10]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs that what she sings to me?\u003cbr\u003eShe is haunting and holding my heart with a strain,\u003cbr\u003eWhere joy lies asleep in the shadow of pain;\u003cbr\u003eAnd the world that is under the sea\u003cbr\u003eIs spreading its pleasures and treasures to gain\u003cbr\u003eThe love that lies dormant in me—\u003cbr\u003eThe love that I bear for the sea,\u003cbr\u003eFor the secret and sorrowful sea;\u003cbr\u003eIs luring my feet from the gray land again\u003cbr\u003eAnd filling my soul with the scent of the main,\u003cbr\u003eThe sound and the scent of the sea;\u003cbr\u003eAnd the speech of the siren is spoken in vain,\u003cbr\u003eFor that mermaid is singing to me\u003cbr\u003eOf the world that is under the sea;\u003cbr\u003eAnd the love that I bear for the ocean again,\u003cbr\u003eFor the mournful and mutable sea,\u003cbr\u003eHas taken possession of me:\u003cbr\u003eMy heart is enmeshed in the mystical strain\u003cbr\u003eThat mermaid is singing to me\u003cbr\u003e[Pg 11]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the world that lies under the sea.\u003cbr\u003eAh, hark again! In a sadder strain\u003cbr\u003eShe is singing a song to me—\u003cbr\u003eA song of the unseen sea;\u003cbr\u003eShe is singing of ships whose wrecks have lain\u003cbr\u003eFor ages in the sea,\u003cbr\u003eIn the depths of the sunless sea;\u003cbr\u003eAnd her voice is soft with a thought of the pain\u003cbr\u003eThat song is giving to me.\u003cbr\u003eA thought that I thought forever had lain\u003cbr\u003eIn the depths of the soundless sea\u003cbr\u003eIs searching my soul in that mermaid's strain\u003cbr\u003eAnd bringing a sorrow to me\u003cbr\u003eFrom the world that is under the sea.\u003cbr\u003eFor I have a friend whose bones have lain\u003cbr\u003eFor ages in the sea,\u003cbr\u003e(For so it seems to me),\u003cbr\u003eAnd her song has opened that wound again\u003cbr\u003eAnd brought back a sorrow to me—\u003cbr\u003e[Pg 12]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the depths of the endless sea.\u003cbr\u003eA grief that is grieving my life again,\u003cbr\u003eA thought that I thought, forever had lain,\u003cbr\u003eAnd never come back to me,\u003cbr\u003eIs searching my soul in that mermaid's strain\u003cbr\u003eAnd bringing a sorrow to me\u003cbr\u003eFrom the world that lies under the sea.\u003cbr\u003eOh, what comes flowing over the sea\u003cbr\u003eIn the hush of the evening's cool?\u003cbr\u003eIt is a mermaid singing to me\u003cbr\u003e[Pg 13]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she sits in a silver pool.","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072808698096,"sku":"2940148834304","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148834304_p0.jpg?v=1763709339","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148834304","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}