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Show A S0NQ OF Y,H SEA. ' j Tho mormaltls and mermen Mow the sea , ! A wonderful uruan made: WUh the te iicleresc earn and loving art . Its ever part 'a '"Id. Wood tliey brought from the wracks ix-low. And (Told where, the. sliiH went down j They used no nail;!, but fastetw.il it welt , With UmvulH from a baby's own. One pipe gave the sound of a song so swoot That wus sun by u beautiful Rlrl; A mermaid caught It. and kept it aafB, Wrapped round with a pilileo curl. The neat pipe's not wan tlw sound of a kin. That a mother Rave lmr , , As he stood ou tlm deck of a ndhle ship That went down ero the day as doun. Tliis pipe Kara forth the sound of a prayer Tiiut was heard when tho Btorni wiia iiik'h; And next waa the Iuuku from noma chiidrei dear. Who saw no daneer nixh. ! A strong mnn's voice was hard In the nezt Anrl it was firm and clear. He salil, "Uod l,les you. d.-ar," to hU wife, j When lie saw that death n as near. j 6o tho mermaitls and mermen gathered a0 ' Of the voices hid In the d-p: Tlety placed tliem in Hie pii and reed, To be roused once more from slerp. But the beautiful or.-aa dii.pleawd the one j Who nih the win :s and wave.. For the sounds that were placed lr, the organ's pljies Belonged In tho ocean's cave.. Bo he placed them back In th- silent deptha, In the caves of the south and nor;h, i j for the vol es lost in til.' s"a must stay j ! Until he calls them fm-tn. ! But if you listen, you hear th"m all Ohio up from the Bnar.'ih: sea The prayer, the none, tl lot, the laiiRh, That some time shall he free. - Iktot True Flag. |