THE SIREN'S SONG
FROM "DUANDON"
Far down, where virgin silence reigns,
In jasper evenings of the sea,
I toss my pearls, I wait for thee.
The sea hath lent me all its stains:
It is but treasure-house of me.
The corals of the sea have caught
A Titan shell whose fragile dome
Is crimson o'er mine ocean home,
Mine opal chambers subtly wrought
In semblance of the shaken foam.
Oh! come! and thou shalt dream with me
By violet foam at twilight tost
On strands of ocean islets lost
To prows that seek them wearily,
O'er seas by questing sunsets crost.
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