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1. Orwin and Sebana (continued)

   

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   And all was silent as the tongue
   Of him who sleeps on death's cold pillow,
   When sudden to her ravished ears
   Came sounds more sweet, more to inspire
   The enchanted soul than human care
   Had o'er drawn from the trembling wire;
   The sound seemed from an angel's hand-
   So sweetly soft, so deeply mow moving-
   Then rising on the zephyrs bland
   Thro' strains unsung in wild notes roving
   Transfixed by the enchanting song,
   She leaned upon a bending willow
   Till the last notes in echo rung
   Came softly o'er the silent billow
   "
   Urged by curiosity to know
   From whence the magic strains proceeded,
   She called her pape oft want to row
   Her little boat when pleasure needed
   The well-known voyage was not far,
   Soon on the lonely island landed,
   Where from the old castle's widow's glare
   The twinkling light with moonbeams blended.
   Afraid, got anxious to advance,
   They wondering stood dared to venture

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Fanny Somers

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70

   Address

   Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan