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I	A
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In the far off sea there is many a sprite	B
Who rests by day but awakes at night	B
In hidden caves where monsters creep	C
When the sun is high these spectres sleep	C
From the glance of noon they shrink with dread	D
And hide 'mid the bones of the ghastly dead	D
Where the surf is hushed and the light is dull	E
In the hollow tube and the whitened skull	E
They crouch in fear or in whispers wail	F
For the lingering night and the coming gale	F
But at even tide when the shore is dim	G
And bubbling wreaths with the billows swim	G
They rise on the wing of the freshened breeze	H
And flit with the wind o'er the rolling seas	H
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II	A
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At summer eve as I sat on the cliff	I
I marked a shape like a dusky skiff	I
That skimmed the brine toward the rocky shore	J
I heard a voice in the surge's roar	J
I saw a form in the flashing spray	K
And white arms beckoned me away	K
Away o'er the tide we went together	L
Through shade and mist and stormy weather	L
Away away o'er the lonely water	L
On wings of thought like shadows we flew	M
Nor paused 'mid scenes of wreck and slaughter	L
That came from the blackened waves to view	M
The staggering ship to the gale we left	N
The drifting corse and the vacant boat	O
The ghastly swimmer all hope bereft	N
We left them there on the sea to float	O
Through mist and shade and stormy weather	L
That night we went to the icy Pole	P
And there on the rocks we stood together	L
And saw the ocean before us roll	P
No moon shone down on the hermit sea	Q
No cheering beacon illumed the shore	J
No ship on the water no light on the lea	Q
No sound in the ear but the billow's roar	J
But the wave was bright as if lit with pearls	R
And fearful things on its bosom played	S
Huge crakens circled in foamy whirls	R
As if the deep for their sport was made	S
And mighty whales through the crystal dashed	T
And upward sent the far glittering spray	K
Till the darkened sky with the radiance flashed	T
And pictured in glory the wild array	K
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III	A
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Hast thou seen the deep in the moonlight beam	U
Its wave like a maiden's bosom swelling	V
Hast thou seen the stars in the water's gleam	U
As if its depths were their holy dwelling	V
We met more beautiful scenes that night	B
As we slid along in our spirit car	W
For we crossed the South Sea and ere the light	B
We doubled Cape Horn on a shooting star	W
In our way we stooped o'er a moonlit isle	X
Which the fairies had built in the lonely sea	R
And the Surf Sprite's brow was bent with a smile	X
As we gazed through the mist on their revelry	R
The ripples that swept to the pebbly shore	J
O'er shells of purple in wantonness played	S
And the whispering zephyrs sweet odors bore	J
From roses that bloomed amid silence and shade	S
In winding grottos with gems all bright	B
Soft music trembled from harps unseen	Y
And fair forms glided on wings of light	B
'Mid forests of fragrance and valleys of green	Y
There were voices of gladness the heart to beguile	X
And glances of beauty too fond to be true	M
For the Surf Sprite shrieked and the Fairy Isle	X
By the breath of the tempest was swept from our view	M
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IV	M
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Then the howling gale o'er the billows rushed	Z
And trampled the sea in its march of wrath	A2
From stooping clouds the red lightnings gushed	Z
And thunders moved in their blazing path	A2
'Twas a fearful night but my shadowy guide	B2
Had a voice of glee as we rode on the gale	F
For we saw afar a ship on the tide	B2
With a bounding course and a fearless sail	F
In darkness it came like a storm sent bird	C2
But another ship it met on the wave	M
A shock a shout but no more we heard	C2
For they both went down to their ocean grave	M
We paused on the misty wing of the storm	D2
As a ruddy flash lit the face of the deep	C
And far in its bosom full many a form	D2
Was swinging down to its silent sleep	C
Another flash and they seemed to rest	E2
In scattered groups on the floor of the tide	B2
The lover and loved they were breast to breast	E2
The mother and babe they were side by side	B2
The leaping waves clapped their hands in joy	F2
And gleams of gold with the waters flowed	G2
But the peace of the sleepers knew no alloy	F2
For all was hushed in their lone abode	G2
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V	M
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On on like midnight visions we passed	H2
The storm above and the surge below	I2
And shrieking forms swept by on the blast	H2
Like demons speeding on errands of woe	I2
My spirit sank for aloft in the cloud	J2
A Star set Flag on the whirlwind flew	M
And I knew that the billow must be the shroud	J2
Of the noble ship and her gallant crew	M
Her side was striped with a belt of white	B
And a dozen guns from each battery frowned	K2
But the lightning came in a sheet of flame	L2
And the towering sails in its folds were wound	K2
Vain vain was the shout that in battle rout	M2
Had rung as a knell in the ear of the foe	I2
For the bursting deck was heaved from the wreck	N2
And the sky was bathed in the awful glow	I2
The ocean shook to its oozy bed	D
As the swelling sound to the canopy went	O2
And the splintered fires like meteors shed	D
Their light o'er the tossing element	P2
A moment they gleamed then sank in the foam	Q2
And darkness swept over the gorgeous glare	R2
They lighted the mariners down to their home	Q2
And left them all sleeping in stillness there	R2
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VI	M
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The storm is hushed and my vision is o'er	L
The Surf Sprite changed to a foamy wreath	S2
The night is deepened along the shore	J
And I thread my way o'er the dusky heath	S2
But often again I shall go to that cliff	M
And seek for her form on the flashing tide	B2
For I know she will come in her airy skiff	M
And over the sea we shall swiftly ride	B2

Sam G. Goodrich

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