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"Lorelei" Quotes from Famous Books

... of her own as far as I could understand, and bossed the home till the day of her death. Mary's father made money, and lost it, and drank—and died. Mary remembered him sitting on the verandah one evening with his hand on her head, and singing a German song (the 'Lorelei', I think it was) softly, as if to himself. Next day he stayed in bed, and the children were kept out of the room; and, when he died, the children were adopted round (there was a little money ...

— Joe Wilson and His Mates • Henry Lawson

... Admiral left for Riffrath—and Barty and his aunt and cousin went in search of lodgings; sweet it was, and bright and sunny, as they strolled down the broad Allee Strasse; a regiment of Uhlans came along on horseback, splendid fellows, the band playing the "Lorelei." ...

— The Martian • George Du Maurier

... basement, dirty little girls were singing the song of the Lorelei. The windows were etched into the pale, sleeping houses like black panes with bright crosses. The conglomeration of houses resembled large, venturesome ships, which lay at anchor or were gliding to a distant, ...

— The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein • Alfred Lichtenstein

Words linked to "Lorelei" : siren