 | Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover |  |
THE SIREN BY THE SEA.
I had a dream of gently straying,
By the margin of the sea,
There, my wand'ring steps delaying,
There a Siren sang to me;
The waveless deep
Was lull'd to sleep,
As the mellow music stole along,
Lest the motion
Of the ocean
Should disturb the mermaid's song:—
Oh, that song was sweet to me,
Nothing mortal e'er can be,
Like the ringing
Of the singing
Of that Siren by the sea!
By the margin of the sea,
There, my wand'ring steps delaying,
There a Siren sang to me;
214
Was lull'd to sleep,
As the mellow music stole along,
Lest the motion
Of the ocean
Should disturb the mermaid's song:—
Oh, that song was sweet to me,
Nothing mortal e'er can be,
Like the ringing
Of the singing
Of that Siren by the sea!
When I awoke, how many a pleasure,
Of the time long pass'd away,
Seem'd awaking to the measure
Of the mermaid's magic lay!
Thus mem'ry's song
Oft steals along
O'er the dark and silent tide of time;
And voices low,
In gentle flow,
Repeat the songs of youth's sweet prime:—
Oh! sweet mem'ry! thus to me
Let thy magic music be,
Ever ringing
Like the singing
Of that Siren by the sea!
Of the time long pass'd away,
Seem'd awaking to the measure
Of the mermaid's magic lay!
Thus mem'ry's song
Oft steals along
O'er the dark and silent tide of time;
And voices low,
In gentle flow,
Repeat the songs of youth's sweet prime:—
Oh! sweet mem'ry! thus to me
Let thy magic music be,
Ever ringing
Like the singing
Of that Siren by the sea!
| Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover | |