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Far far o'er the deep is my island throne	A
Where the sea gull roams and reigns alone	A
Where nought is seen but the beetling rock	B
And nought is heard but the ocean shock	B
And the scream of birds when the storm is nigh	C
And the crash of the wreck and the fearful cry	C
Of drowning men in their agony	D
I love to sit when the waters sleep	E
And ponder the depths of the glassy deep	E
Till I dream that I float on a corse at sea	D
And sing of the feast that is made for me	D
I love on the rush of the storm to sail	F
And mingle my scream with the hoarser gale	F
When the sky is dark and the billow high	C
When the tempest sweeps in its terror by	C
I love to ride on the maddening blast	G
To flap my wing o'er the fated mast	G
And sing to the crew a song of fear	H
Of the reef and the surge that await them here	I
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When the storm is done and the revel is o'er	J
I love to sit on the rocky shore	K
And tell to the ear of the dying breeze	L
The tales that are hushed in the sullen seas	L
Of the ship that sank in the reefy surge	M
And left her fate to the sea gull's dirge	M
Of the lover that sailed to meet his bride	N
And his story gave to the secret tide	N
Of the father that went on the trustless main	O
And never was met by his child again	P
Of the hidden things which the waves conceal	Q
And the sea bird's song can alone reveal	Q
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I tell of the ship that hath found a grave	R
Her spars still float on the restless wave	R
But down in the halls of the voiceless deep	E
The forms of the brave and the beautiful sleep	E
I saw the storm as it gathered fast	G
I heard the roar of the coming blast	G
I marked the ship in her fearful strife	S
As she flew on the tide like a thing of life	S
But the whirlwind came and her masts were wrung	T
Away and away on the waters flung	T
I sat on the gale o'er the sea swept deck	U
And screamed in delight o'er the coming wreck	U
I flew to the reef with a heart of glee	D
And wiled the ship to her destiny	D
On the hidden rocks like a hawk she rushed	V
And the sea through her riven timbers gushed	V
O'er the whirling surge the wreck was flung	T
And loud on the gale wild voices rung	T
I gazed on the scene I saw despair	W
On the pallid brows of a youthful pair	W
The maiden drooped like a gentle flower	J
When lashed by the gale in its quivering bower	J
Her arms round her lover she wildly twined	X
And gazed on the sea with a wildered mind	X
He bent o'er the trembler and sheltered her form	Y
From the plash of the sea and the sweep of the storm	Y
But woe to the lover and woe to the maid	Z
Whose hopes on the treacherous deep are laid	Z
For the Sea hath a King whose palaces shine	A2
In lustre and light down the pearly brine	A2
And he loves to gather in glory there	W
The choicest things of the earth and air	W
In his deep saloons with coral crowned	B2
Where gems are sparkling above and around	B2
He gathers his harem of love and grace	C2
And beauty he takes to his cold embrace	C2
The winds and the waves are his messengers true	D2
And lost is the wanderer whom they pursue	D2
They sweep the shore they plunder the wreck	U
His stores to heap and his halls to deck	U
Oh lady and lover ye are doomed their prey	E2
They come they come ye are swept away	E2
Ye sink in the tide but it cannot sever	J
The fond ones who sleep in its depths for ever	J
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Wild wild was the storm and loud was its roar	K
And strange were the sights that I hovered o'er	J
I saw the babe with its mother die	C
I listened to catch its parting sigh	C
And I laughed to see the black billows play	E2
With the sleeping child in their gambols gay	E2
I saw a girl whose arms were white	F2
As the foam that flashed on the billows' height	F2
And the ripples played with her glossy curls	G2
And her cheek was kissed by the dancing whirls	G2
But her bosom was dead to hope and fear	H
For she shuddered not as the shark came near	H
I poised my foot on the forehead fair	W
Of a lovely boy that floated there	W
I looked in the eyes of the drowning brave	R
As they upward gazed through the glassy wave	R
I screamed o'er the bubbles that told of death	H2
And stooped as the last gave up his breath	H2
I flapped my wing for the work was done	I2
The storm was hushed and the laughing sun	I2
Sent his gushing light o'er the sullen seas	G2
And I tell my tale to the fainting breeze	G2
Of the hidden things which the waves conceal	Q
And the sea bird's song can alone reveal	Q

Samuel Griswold Goodrich

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