Excerpt from Adrienne, and Other Poems One morn a ship, all ghostly gray, Came sailing, silently sailing Out of the west at break of day; Its top a mist was veiling. As it nearer drew, it caught the beams Of the sun, and shone snow-white, Skimming the glistening breakers, meseems, Like a bird, with passage light. On the shore, Adrienne, in wonder bound Saw this moving shape come gliding; And a faint little whisper of joyous sound Stirred her soul as she saw it sliding Silently, smoothly, o'er the deep. No longer her voice was chained in sleep, But wild 'round the cliff it rang; For the first, first time, so gladly sweet, In her nameless joy, she sang, That willingly sailors their death would meet, Entranced as of old by the Siren's tones, To hear that voice from amongst the stones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.