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" And so she sings her fill, Singing most joyfully, Till the spindle drops from, her hand, And the whizzing wheel stands still. She steals to the window and looks at the sand, And over the sand at the sea; And her eyes are set in a stare... "
Poems - Page 167
by Matthew Arnold - 1878 - 370 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 66

1849 - 802 pages
...sand ; And over the sand at the sea ; And her eyes are set in a stare ; And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded...heart sorrow-laden, A long. long sigh, For the cold stranBe eyes of a little Mermaiden , And the gleam of her golden hair." Had the anthor given us much...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 39

1849 - 778 pages
...sand ; And over the sand at the sea ; And her eyes are set in a stare ; And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear From a sorrow-clouded...little mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. But, children, at midnight, When soft the winds blow ; When clear falls the moonlight ; When spring-tides...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66

1849 - 822 pages
...sand ; And over the sand at the sea ; And her eyes tiro set in a atere ; And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear. From a sorrow-clouded...long, long sigh, For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermalden, And the gleam of her golden hair." Had " the author given us much poetry like this, our...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66

1849 - 844 pages
...there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye. And a heart sorrow -laden, A long, long sigh, For the cold strange eyes of a...little Mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair." Had the author given us much poetry like this, our task would, indeed, have been a pleasant one ; but...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66

1849 - 812 pages
...sand ; And over the snnil tit the sea ; And her eyes are set in a stare; And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye, And a heart sorrow laden, A long, long sigh, For the cold strange eyes of a little Hermaiden, And the gleam of...
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal

1853 - 566 pages
...Steal to the window and look at the sand ; And over the sand at the sea ; And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded...long, long sigh, For the cold strange eyes of a little mennaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. Come away, children, come down. We will be happy in our...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 9; Volume 101

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1855 - 922 pages
...sand, And over the sand at the sea, And her eyes are set in a stare, And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded...little Mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. — First Series, p. 17^. Now, it is not the magnitude of the action selected that gives such interest...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 53

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 800 pages
...fishermen who have not seen, as she sank beneath the cold water in the grey light of the early dawn — The cold strange eyes of a little mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. Upon these youthful scions of the вса our modern scientific infidelity is absolutely silent ; but...
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The Bristol magazine and West of England monthly review, Volume 1

1857 - 656 pages
...there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow -clouded eye, And a heart sorrow laden, A long, long sigh — For the cold strange eyes of...little Mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. " The simplicity and naturalness of this is beyond all praise. From the " Scholar Gipsy," we gather...
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Nugae Criticae: Occasional Papers Written at the Seaside

Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 pages
...fishermen who have not seen, as she sank beneath the cold water in the grey light of the early dawn — The cold strange eyes of a little mermaiden, And the gleam of her golden hair. Upon these youthful scions of the sea our modern scientific infidelity is absolutely silent; but happily...
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