...to tell the story, and give a fair propriate to^the subject : — notion of the whole, which, though Come, dear children, let us away ; Down and away below....brothers, call from the bay ; Now the great winds shorewai ds blow ; Now the salt tides seawards flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Champ, and chafe,...

...attain the object he desires. In the earlier volume, one of the most generally admired pieces was " The Forsaken Merman." Come, dear children, let us away Down, and away below, says the Merman, standing upon the sea-shore, whither he and his children came up to call baek the...

...headlands, The Baltic Sea along, Sits Neckan with his harp of gold, And sings this plaintive song. THE FORSAKEN MERMAN. COME, dear children, let us away...my brothers call from the bay ; Now the great winds shore wards blow ; Now the salt tides seawards flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe...

..."Dimple on old Ocean's cheek," is only an artistic copy of ^Eschylus's ytAoo>ia TTOVrOV. Arnold's — " Now the wild white horses play ; Champ and chafe, and toss in the spray ;" the Poet Laureate's — " Voice of the long sea-wave as it swells, Now and then, in the dim grey...

..."Dimple on old Ocean's cheek," is only an artistic copy of ^Eschylus's ytW1*a iroyrov. Arnold's — " Now the wild white horses play ; Champ and chafe, and toss in the spray ;" the Poet Laureate's — or, " Voice of the long sea-wave as it swells, Now and then, in the dim...

...along, Sits Neckan with his harp of gold, And sings this plaintive song. THE FORSAKEN MERMAN. /"^OME, dear children, let us away ; ^•^ Down and away below....my brothers call from the bay ; Now the great winds shoreward blow ; Now the salt tides seaward flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe...

...kind of rhyme and five in another.] MISCEUAHEOCS. Ho THE FORSAKEN MERMAN. (Forsaken by his Queen.) COME, dear children, let us away ; Down and away below....the great winds shorewards blow, Now the salt tides seaward flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Chip and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear,...

...Brighton or Scarborough seascape, how I admire your inevitable disappointment ! Instead of seeing ' the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray,' while a merry wind that has travelled over leagues of foam plays tricks with your apparel, you are...

...anxious strife? If light can thus deceive, wherefore not life ? Blanco White. PART THE FIFTH. CCLVIII THE FORSAKEN MERMAN. Come, dear children, let us away;...shorewards blow; Now the salt tides seawards flow; 5 Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away....

...Forsaken Merman.' Its rhythm suggests the wild music of the Baltic, fretted by the restless wind. ' Come, dear children, let us away ; Down and away below....my brothers call from the bay ; Now the great winds shorowards blow ; . Now the salt tides seawards flow ; Now the wild white horses play, Champ, and chafe,...