1689. Coleridge by George Sidney Hellman. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1689. Coleridge

By George Sidney Hellman


THINE is the mystic melody,
The far-off murmur of some dreamland sea
Lifting throughout the night,
Up to the moon’s mild light,
Waves silver-lustrous, silvery-white,	5
That beat in rhythm on the shadowy shore,
And burst in music, and are seen no more.