. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . 84 POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES 85 THE FORSAKEN MERMAN Matthew Arnold Come, dear children, let us away; Down and away below! Now my brothers call from the bay. Now the great winds shoreward the salt tides seaward flow,Mow the wild white horses and chafe and toss in the dear, let US away!This way, this way ! Call her once before you go-Call once yet !In a voice that she will know: Margaret ! Margaret !Childrens voices should be dear(Call once more) to a mothers ear;Childrens voices, w

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. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . 84 POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES 85 THE FORSAKEN MERMAN Matthew Arnold Come, dear children, let us away; Down and away below! Now my brothers call from the bay. Now the great winds shoreward the salt tides seaward flow,Mow the wild white horses and chafe and toss in the dear, let US away!This way, this way ! Call her once before you go-Call once yet !In a voice that she will know: Margaret ! Margaret !Childrens voices should be dear(Call once more) to a mothers ear;Childrens voices, wild with pain-Surely she will come again !Call her once, and come away;This way, this way! Mother dear, we cannot stay!The wild white horses foam and ! Margaret! Come, dear children, come away down ; Call no more ! One last look at the white-walld town, And the little gray church on the windy shore; Then come down ! She will not come though you call all day; Come away, come away! Children dear, was it yesterdayWe heard the sweet bells over the bay?In th

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