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Quotes from The Sea Fairies; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations — Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1809–1892 England

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Slow sail'd the weary mariners and saw,
Betwixt the green brink and the running foam,
Sweet faces, rounded arms, and bosoms prest
To little harps of gold; and while they mused
Whispering to each other half in fear,
Shrill music reach'd them on the middle sea.

The Sea Fairies; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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