Excerpt from The Siege of Syracuse: A Poetical Drama in Five Acts

Aye making a music wild While, strewing sea-charms, Xanthe, the queen, Coming unseen, Stretched forth her arms, And sank with the lovely child All sank with the lovely child.

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