<h3> <SPAN name="lullaby"></SPAN> SEA LULLABY<br/> </h3>
<p class="poem">
The old moon is tarnished<br/>
With smoke of the flood,<br/>
The dead leaves are varnished<br/>
With color like blood,<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
A treacherous smiler<br/>
With teeth white as milk,<br/>
A savage beguiler<br/>
In sheathings of silk,<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
The sea creeps to pillage,<br/>
She leaps on her prey;<br/>
A child of the village<br/>
Was murdered to-day.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
She came up to meet him<br/>
In a smooth golden cloak,<br/>
She choked him and beat him<br/>
To death, for a joke.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Her bright locks were tangled,<br/>
She shouted for joy,<br/>
With one hand she strangled<br/>
A strong little boy.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Now in silence she lingers<br/>
Beside him all night<br/>
To wash her long fingers<br/>
In silvery light.<br/></p>
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