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The waves in thunderous menace break / Upon the rocks below my tower, / And none will dare the Sea-king's power / And venture shipwreck for my sake.
Yet once, -- my lamp a path of light / Across the darkling sea had cast -- / I saw a sail; at last, at last, / It came towards me through the night.
My lamp had been the beacon set / To lead the ship through mist and foam, / The ship that came to take me home, / To that far land I half forget.
But since my tower is built so high, / And surf-robed rocks curl hid below, / I quenched my lamp -- and, weeping low / I saw my ship go safely by!