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' These idle vessels lingering here. 
 And floating on the listless tide," 
 
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 MAIDEN. 
 
 Sirig inqe a sorig, sea, 
 Wl:)at rr\ay tlriy iTiUsic be 
 
 Sir\g "Wirid, sirig wave,- 
 Blo^ soft, cojnqe lave 
 My Waitirig feet, 
 nrid surqrr)er's i^eat 
 Dispel ye both] by cool caress, 
 
Far fronq tl:\e beac]:\, 
 Beyond tl\e react) 
 Of ]:iarbor liqlr[ts 
 And larid-locKed sigtits 
 Ye hotlcy do corqe lA^itt) fresti.'ning life. 
 
 BloiA^ softly, lA^irjd, 
 My ears inclined 
 
 To catci\ ttly song. 
 Corr\e, sing; 1 long 
 To l:\ear -wl^at rnilsic s^eet is tlr^ine 
 
' But every sail I drive before 
 My path in scurry ing^ bounding haste. ^ 
 
WIND. 
 
 Mir\e9 
 
 Wouldst tiear iT\y tuqe? 
 Dost Kno^w tl:\e boon 
 Is ^ortl^less, tl^oii 
 Wtio Kriowest Yyo^bi 
 To sing? Wlriat voice rT\ore sM/eet ri^aq tl^irie? 
 
 MAIDEN. 
 
 Tt^y voice. Sirig tl^oii ; 
 I cannot now. 
 
 WIND. 
 
 liY\QT\ listen. I 
 Will sing <3nd try 
 To tell tlnee what great tilings 1 do! 
 
SONG. 
 
 T]:\ese idle vessels lirigering t^ere, 
 flr^d floating or) t]:\e listless tide, 
 
 Ttley Kno^ n\y savage strer\gt]:\, arid fear 
 To nqeet T[\e or) tl^e ocean la^ide. 
 
 I flap arid s^ay tl:\eir car^Vas r)0"W, 
 Rr\d gently toy "Witi) jib ar\d stay. 
 
 So sloiA^ly ir\oves eacl:i vessel's pto^, 
 Its rippled \^aXe scarce iT\arKs tl:\e boy, 
 
 But let ttiese petty craft bei^^are 
 My anger on tt^e open sea; 
 
 My po"Wer and "Will are regal tl^ere, 
 Rr[d sail liKe ttiese are cl:\aff to ine! 
 
' The fisherinuft his hoat hcja heachcd : 
 
I brooK 1)0 car\VQs ir\ rr\y pat]:\, 
 
 Bare poles I sr^ap liKe pipe-stenqs sligtit. 
 1 lasl^ tl:\e sea to foanqir^g ^ratly, 
 
 flrid beat it fairly blacK and "Wl\ite. 
 
 Tl)e fisl\er boats fronq Gloucester sl\ore 
 Iri blilsteririg days n\y power l)ave faced, 
 
 But every sail 1 drive before 
 My patli iri scurryirig, boxlridirig l\aste. 
 
 T]qe fislierrrian l)is boat l|as beactied ; 
 
 He spreads Ijis riets, ai\d tl^a^Ks l)is stars 
 For storrri outlived, arid liaveri readied. 
 
 All, lioi/^ tl]ey fear nqe — bravest tarsT 
 
Ky sor\g, dear rqaideri, t]:\oil dost see, 
 Breatl:\es otl-^er -words ttiari t]:\ose of love 
 
 Sl:|OiA^s sonqe of passion's fire ir\ rqe, 
 But passion riot of turtle-dove. 
 
 But -Wtieri I stroKe tl[\y golderi l[\aiT, 
 RT\d -SA^]:\isper softly ir\ tl\Y ear, 
 
 Ti\oU K^o-West n\e iri -^A^eatl^^er fair, 
 I Kiss tl:\y brow, Ttjoxl'st r\aUgl:\t to fear. 
 
 MA/BEJV. 
 
 treaclieroils •Wir\d, 
 Not always Kirid, 
 
 1 Know t]\e Wave 
 My feet dotti laVe 
 
 Car\ sir\g a Kinder, ger\tler son.g. 
 
WA VE. 
 
 Ky song 9 
 T]:\ou'rt v^roT\q. 
 Dear Maiden, lister^. 
 
 SONG. 
 
 Ori tY\e yellow pebbled rr\argiri of tl^e beacl^ 
 
 I do reacl:| 
 Ever forward, ever fartl|er; I aspire 
 
 To be l:\igtier. 
 BacK agaii) rqy restless footsteps always slide 
 
 Hs I glide, 
 Slippirig, ripplirig bacK ar^d forward. It is plain 
 
 1 rerqain 
 
Jilst precisely ^l^ere I started iri ir\y \s^ay, 
 
 Kaclci T\e^A} day. 
 But tJ:\is glidirig, dancing n|Otiori I repeat 
 
 fit t]:iy feet, 
 Dainty rr\aiden, is for rqe but idle play 
 
 Tt)roUgt\ tt^e day. 
 Life tjas very differer\t pleases out at sea ; 
 
 flrid for n\e, 
 I prefer to roll in n\oUr\tairis, tl)oUg]:\ ti^e "Wir\d, 
 
 So uriKirid, 
 Sorqetirqes lasties riqe to fury, arid I fly 
 
 At tiis eye 
 Witl:\ tt^e "Wt\itest ro^s of teetl) Upoii ii\y crest, 
 
 Sl^o^irig best 
 
'And '■jiiiien giav.t shif>x are t":itl>ig tyi the quay- 
 
How I arigrily reseat Y\is cliiirlisl:| sport, 
 
 flr|d retort 
 In a blir)ding cloud of spray flung in ^lis face. 
 
 Thier] I race 
 In a close and I|Ot pursuit to trip l)is J:\eels 
 
 Hs I]e deals 
 Harder strokes across rny face in vicious spite — 
 
 Heartless sprite. 
 TI)en, if vessel teinpest-driven I espy, 
 
 I \vill fly 
 Quickly thiitrier, triat n\y vengeance I inay -wreck 
 
 On Iier deck. 
 Heavy seas and crush|ing breakers soon '^ili clear 
 
 fill loose gear. 
 
Every spar, arid rope, arid IxicKless sailor tl^ere, 
 
 111 \vill fare. 
 But I arr\ riot raging al"Ways, tlioil rriayst see 
 
 I car] be 
 Quite as gentle as a n\aider| coilld desire 
 
 Or require. 
 Freqileritly I st]irriiner gayly ii] tl)e silr\, 
 
 W]\ei\ I've dorie 
 Witlri n\y \^ild arid boisterous revels out at sea 
 
 Wtiere I'rq free. 
 
 Hrid Wl|eri giar|t strips are tO"SA^ir\g to tl[\e quay, 
 
 I ^ill be 
 Tliere to clear tl\e ^ay before a gallar\t barK. 
 
 Looiriirig darK 
 
" ]i^here the dory lies neglicted on the sand." 
 
Tl^ro' tl^e early rr[orr\irig's iT\ist, ar\d Water's gray 
 
 Of tl^e bay. 
 Wtiere tl^e dory lies neglected or\ tl\e sarjd, 
 
 rrr\ at Y\ar[d 
 Lapping idly, playing licjl^tly at its side 
 
 Witt) tlie tide. 
 Wl\en tlie sunset-ligl^t is goldei) o'er ti^e bay, 
 
 Rr[d tl\e day 
 Is declining in a glorious afterglow, 
 
 I sing low 
 To tl^e pebbles on tl|e beacl} a lullaby, 
 
 Lullaby, 
 Dearest nqaiden. would you trust rne now. at sea, 
 
 Wl^ere I'rn free? 
 
MAIDEN. 
 
 fl]:\T ^tiaVQ arid w^irid, 
 Ye \qxq are Kirid, 
 But out at sea 
 I '11 ne'er trilst ye. 
 Tt[ese sorigs betray your treacJ^eryl 
 
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