American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects (1889)
Montgomery, Walter · Boston, E.W. Walker & co · leaf 25
From Rock Me to Sleep, Mother. Drawn by F. S. Church. Who would be A mermaid fair,Singing alone, Combing her hairUnder the sea, In a golden curl With a comb of pearl,On a throne? II. I would be a mermaid fair ; I would sing to myself the whole of a day; With a comb of pearl I would comb my hair;… … I would comb my hair till my ringlets would fall Low adown, low adown,From under my starry sea-bud crown, Low adown and around, —And I should look like a fountain of goldSpringing alone With a shrill inner sound,Over the throne In the midst of the hall;Till that great sea-snake under the seaFrom…
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