"Love took them softly by the hand, Love led them through their own dear door, And showed them in the sea and land Beauty they had not known before-- Never before: O Love! sweet Love!
"And now it cannot pass away; They see it wheresoe'er they go; And in their hearts by night and day Its gladness singeth to and fro, By night and day: O Love! sweet Love!"
Typographical inconsistencies have been changed and are listed below.
Otherwise, archaic and variable spelling is preserved, including Rosetti/Rossetti and Giberaltar. Author's punctuation style is also preserved.
Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_.
Passages in bold indicated by =equal signs=.
The following changes were made to the original text:
Page 25: Was 'wth' (She sat down in a large chair =with= her back to the light and shut her eyes.)
Page 93: Added double quote (Some will never come back =again!'"=)
Page 98: Added period (with such evident enjoyment that she gave an appetite to the =others.=)
Page 98: Was 'Bobert' (After breakfast =Robert= Burrell said he would delay his visit)
Page 154: Was 'guiver' (It made his brown face blanch and his strong, stern mouth =quiver= with mental anguish.)
Page 174: Was 'beatiful' (her open throat, and =beautiful= bare arms lifted to the basket upon her head)
Page 207: Was 'indorsed' (of that brutal conservatism which makes Englishmen suspicious of everything not =endorsed= by centuries of use and wont.)
Page 297: Was 'ocupations' (She looked for no extraordinary thing, for no special favour to brighten their uniform =occupations= and simple pleasures.)
Page 308: Was 'sayng' ("La! my dear, the love in Tris' heart was a trouble to you. You were =saying= that often.")
Page 344: Was 'fom' (and the walk to St. Clair was long and apt to be wet =from= the last tide.)
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Singer from the Sea, by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr