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SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 6 by BLISS CARMAN

First Line: LOVE, BY THAT LOOSENED HAIR
Last Line: CHILD OF THE SUN.
Subject(s): MERMAIDS & MERMEN; LILITH;

Love, by that loosened hair,
Well now I know
Where the lost Lilith went
So long ago.
Love, by those starry eyes
I understand
How the sea maidens lure
Mortals from land.
Love, by that welling laugh
Joy claims its own
Sea-born and wind-wayward
Child of the sun.



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