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comes flowing over the sea
 * In the hush of the evening's cool?

It is a mermaid singing to me
 * As she sits in a silver pool.

As she sits in a silver pool and sings Of the world I never shall see, Where the dulse-weed clings, And the star-fish rings
 * The red anemone;

The world which lies Where human eyes
 * Are never allowed to see

The gold and gems And fluted stems
 * Of the crimson coral tree—
 * Is that what she sings to me?