| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Coves of Crail |
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| THE MOON-WHITE waters wash and leap, | |
| The dark tide floods the Coves of Crail; | |
| Sound, sound he lies in dreamless sleep, | |
| Nor hears the sea-wind wail. | |
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| The pale gold of his oozy locks | 5 |
| Doth hither drift and thither wave; | |
| His thin hands plash against the rocks, | |
| His white lips nothing crave. | |
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| Afar away she laughs and sings— | |
| A song he loved, a wild sea-strain— | 10 |
| Of how the mermen weave their rings | |
| Upon the reef-set main. | |
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| Sound, sound he lies in dreamless sleep, | |
| Nor hears the sea-wind wail, | |
| Though with the tide his white hands creep | 15 |
| Amid the Coves of Crail. | |
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