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 dUAI upon a moonlit sea 
 
 Was floating without sail or oar ; 
 
 A stately man within it sat 
 
 Gazing upon the less'ning shore. 
 
 A cherub child was on his knee, 
 Clasped closely by his circling 
 arm, 
 Who, by her little tender words, 
 E'en then his troubled soul could 
 charm. 
 
 The Duke of Milan thus is cast 
 Upon the foaming waters wild 
 
 (By his own wicked brother's deed), 
 To perish with his only child. 
 
 But God sent aid with dawning 
 light,- 
 A lovely island he descried. 
 To whose fair shores, with verdure 
 clad. 
 The boat was drifted by the tide. 
 
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He took his infant in his arms, 
 And sprang upon the yellow sand. 
 
 And there upon the shore he saw, 
 A gibb'ring monster, staring stand. 
 
 The only human creature there. 
 Who scarcely owned the name of 
 man, 
 A speechless monster — but m time 
 The duke's strong servant — Cali- 
 ban. 
 
 The banished Prmce a home soon 
 made 
 
 Within a rosy coral cave; 
 And Caliban (as we have said) 
 
 Was his uncouth but useful slave. 
 
 And other servants, too, he had; 
 
 A hundred sprites his will obeyed; 
 Fairies that dwelt in forest bowers. 
 
 Or spirits who on sunbeams played. 
 
 And thus within th' enchanted isle, 
 The sweet Miranda throve and 
 grew, 
 
 Her father, and the sprites he ruled, 
 The only beings that she knew. 
 
 No birds nor animals were there; .^ 
 1 Yet oft beneath the cloudless skies 
 j Sweet music floated on the air, 
 And sang her gentle lullabies. 
 
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Swift Ariel at once obeyed. 
 
 And soon a mighty tempest raised, 
 And while the winds and waters 
 strove. 
 
 About the ship like fire he blazed. 
 
 Striking two guilty souls with fear 
 Who stood upon the flaming deck; 
 
 The wicked brother and the king. 
 Who saw Heav'n's judgment in 
 the wreck. 
 
 The King of Naples, who had joined 
 With that bad man m awful crime, 
 
 Believed the punishment he feared," 
 Had come in God's appointed time. 
 
 For Ferdinand, his only son, 
 
 Had leapt distracted from the side, 
 
 And (as his weeping father thought) 
 Within the raging sea had died. 
 
 But Ariel the youth had borne. 
 Uninjured through the foaming sea. 
 
 And laid him m unconscious rest. 
 Upon a verdant flow'ry lea. 
 
 There he awoke to magic strains, 
 Which seemed to mourn his father 
 dead. 
 
 And following the guiding sound, 
 To Prospero's own cell was led. 
 
 The fair Miranda there he saw — 
 
 Mirailda, who had never known 
 The face of any human thing. 
 Save her dear father's and her own. 
 
 
The duke feared lest Alonza's son 
 Might not be honest, true and good. 
 
 So made him powerless by a spell, 
 And set hmi to bear logs of wood. 
 
 Miranda, sorry for his fate. 
 
 Would of his labor bear a part, 
 
 And by her generous kindness won 
 The captive prince's honest heart. 
 
 Prospero watched them both unseen. 
 And learned to trust his princely slave 
 
 Released him from his irksome toil. 
 And for his wife, Miranda oave. 
 
 Meantime the king and the bad 
 duke. 
 Who reigned in noble Pros- 
 yjjJpJl) pero's stead, 
 
 ^ '^^v^ By wand'ring music and sweet 
 ^ sounds, 
 
 '' About the fairy isle were led. 
 
 With them the g^ood Gonzalo went, 
 
 Prospero's tried and faithful I 
 
 friend, ! 
 
 Who comfort sought to orive the ' 
 
 king. 
 
 For his fair son's untimely end. 
 
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Now Caliban was sent for wood ; 
 
 A lazy slave of late he'd grown, 
 Unwilling Prospero to serve, 
 
 Or any law of duty own. 
 
 So the great master sent his' elves 
 
 To pinch him, or to give him pricks, 
 
 To make him use his lazy strength. 
 And keep him from malicious tricks. 
 
 Suddenly, as the wood he bore. 
 
 There came before his startled sight, 
 
 One that he thought a sprite must be, 
 Who might, perchance, pinch, or bite. 
 
 Then thinking if he lay down flat, 
 
 This strange new elf might pass him by, -. 
 
 Upon the earth he threw himself, 
 And m deep slumber feigned to lie. 
 
 But it was Trinculo he saw 
 
 (And not a spirit as he .thought) 
 
 The merry jester of the king. 
 
 Whom chance to this lone spot, had 
 brought. 
 
 Soon after, the ship's butler came. 
 Amazed such company to find ; 
 
 The monster lying at their feet 
 Was surely not of human kind .^ 
 
Stj ihe two sliipmates womrring stood, 
 And gazed on him in blaniv surprise, 
 
 While he — now trembling" with aftright — 
 Loudly to them tor mere)- cries. 
 
 Then kneeling, kissed the butler's feet, 
 And prayed him to become his king, 
 
 Saying that he would bring him Iruits, 
 And lead him to the freshest spring. 
 
 And when the butler gave consent, 
 Up from the earth the monster sprang, 
 
 And reckless of Duke Prospero's power, 
 This song of wild defiance sang. 
 
 Caliban's Song. 
 
 No more dams I'll make for fish. 
 Nor fetch liri ng at requiring ; 
 
 Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish — 
 Ban ! Ban ! Ca-Calaban ! 
 
 Has a new master — get a new man. 
 
 The monster next his plans revealed : — 
 " While Prospero, his master, slept. 
 
 He — Caliban — should lead these men 
 To where the magic books were kept." 
 
 
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 Fhese they must seize ; then kill the duke 
 While in his quiet sleep he lay — 
 
 Miranda should the butler wed — , 
 Neither to this dark plot said nay 
 
 But Ariel their treason heard. 
 And their fell purpose to defeat 
 
 Spread temptingly beside the path, 
 Rich garments, for a monarch meet. 
 
 And while they quarreled o'er the spoil, 
 
 He brought a pack of fairy hounds, 
 And hunted them the forest through, 
 
 With shouts and merry bugle sounds. 
 
 But still the king and 
 
 the bad duke 
 Searched smiling plain 
 
 and barren shore, 
 For the young prince 
 
 whom still they hoped 
 The hungry ocean 
 
 would restore. 
 
 Suddenly on the tranquil 
 air, 
 Soft solemn strains of 
 music rise. 
 And figures, strange, fan- 
 tastic, wild, 
 Appear before their 
 startled eyes. 
 
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The figures vanished : Ariel's voice 
 Their secret sins then loud pro- 
 claimed, [struck. 
 In burning words, till conscience 
 They bowed, repentant and 
 ashamed. 
 
 Then Prospero, with pity moved, 
 Declared himself, and pardon gave ; 
 
 And showed to the unhappy king. 
 His rescued heir within his cave. 
 
 There with Miranda, chess he played. 
 The kine with tears embraced his 
 son; 
 And thus, the duchy he had lost. 
 By Prospero,- was fairly won.. 
 
 His lovely child would wear a crown. 
 Of Naples she would be the 
 Queen ; 
 
 And never more upon that isle 
 Would Ariel or his lord be seen. 
 
 For Prospero will burn his books, 
 And set his much-loved spirit free, 
 
 Within the cowslip buds to lie. 
 Or roam the air at liberty. 
 
 Yet first, at Prospero's request, 
 The ship and crew all safe he 
 brings ; 
 
 And then, rejoicing, takes his flight. 
 And ever as he soars he sings, — 
 
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