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The fiend exults; the billows dash,
And o'er their hapless victim wash.
And o'er their hapless victim wash.
Three times, while struggling with the stream,
The lovely maid was heard to scream;
But when the tempest's rage was o'er,
The lovely maid was seen no more.
The lovely maid was heard to scream;
But when the tempest's rage was o'er,
The lovely maid was seen no more.
Warned by this tale, ye damsels fair,
To whom you give your love beware!
Believe not every handsome knight,
And dance not with the water-spright!
To whom you give your love beware!
Believe not every handsome knight,
And dance not with the water-spright!
The youth ceased to sing. The nuns were delighted with the sweetness of his voice, and masterly manner of touching the instrument; but however acceptable this applause would have been at any other time, at present it was insipid to Theodore. His artifice had not succeeded. He paused in vain between the stanzas; no voice replied to his, and he abandoned the hope of equalling Blondel.
The convent-bell now warned the nuns that it was time to assemble in the refectory. They were obliged to quit the grate:they
