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'Yes! this only one fell in the main'!
- - - - I eagerly struggled to save;
But I strove with the current in vain,
And saw him sink under the wave!
- - - - I eagerly struggled to save;
But I strove with the current in vain,
And saw him sink under the wave!
'My head was astounded and wild,—
Incessant I roam'd on the shore,
To seek the dead corse of my child,
And to weep on his bosom once more.
Incessant I roam'd on the shore,
To seek the dead corse of my child,
And to weep on his bosom once more.
'Seven days undisturb'd was the sky,
The eighth was a-tempest most drear,
I saw the huge billow rise high!
I saw my lost treasure appear!
The eighth was a-tempest most drear,
I saw the huge billow rise high!
I saw my lost treasure appear!
'Like a dream it seem'd passing away:—
I hurried me onward to meet,
And clasp the inanimate clay,
When senseless I sunk at his feet.
I hurried me onward to meet,
And clasp the inanimate clay,
When senseless I sunk at his feet.
