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MIRÈIO.
[Canto III.

"Queen of my soul!" sang Noro, and the rest
Fell straightway to their work with twofold zest;
And as, when one cicala doth begin
Its high midsummer note, the rest fall in
And swell the chorus, so the damsels here
Sang the refrain with voices loud and clear:—


I.13

"Magali, queen of my soul,
The dawn is near!
Hark to my tambourine,
Hide not thy bower within,
Open and hear!

II.

"The sky is full of stars,
And the wind soft;
But, when thine eyes they see
The stars, O Magali,
Will pale aloft!"

III.

"Idle as summer breeze
The tune thou playest!
I'll vanish in the sea,
A silver eel will be,
Ere thou me stayest."