The Siren's Song.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1920, 25 October 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)

The Siren's Song.

]JY .TOSLi'UIM; I'OLI.iUD, Sm, was a bluhsotnc maid who sang, Closo by the cottage window sitting ; Swoet and clear woio the i.otes tlut iaug Out on tho air \\heie tho ImkV. wcio flitting ; Meirily, ineirily, t>ang the buds, But none could e\aalv »a«ss their voids, WJnlo tho maid so clover, And blushing nc\cr, Sang, " Wheio I lo\e, I lov'o foievor ! " 110 v,.is a youth just pacing by "While the msul i\,> 3 singing, oh, so sweetly ! Who to Ilia p.a\lon-g ico diew nigh And listened thoic, enhanced completely; For Hie sound of a voice so s>\cet and clear Was laptuious )nusic to hi> e.ir, And ho b 'id, '• Ah, never Woald I v. lOi to seu>r From one v ho lovi's, and loves foiov^i ! " Many a tiuio had tho maiden he iid Men a jiaice! of gaj decGivcn ; In woman*, v/oith, and in -woman's \soid, Alas, for tho host of unbelievers ! Maids ■ttuie fickle, al>, nc)l sho Knew I Many wrio false, but bho was true, Kind and clever And faithlosa never, Slie sang, " Whpio J lovo, I lose foic\ci ! " Tho youth dtew nearer, u.itil he stood Under the maiden's vine wieathed bowei ; For it chanced that Ins hcait was m tho mucil To ho oveicomc by tho suen's i>ower ; And his voice, as ho c ing 111 a mellow tono, Seemed meielj to echo tho m uden's own ; And lie so cloei, Witli endea\oi Siing, " "\Vlici-' 1 1 lo\e, I love f«ue\oi ! " Tho maiden smiled on hci lovci'; suit, When at hei feet ho m'ida coufcssioji ; Her c^es bng'u, but lici i»as mut?, When she <i\\c hoi lunt into his possessjon. But now together then L\cb die &ct, They sing »n unison this duct : '•We 11 ditjsc^ei Novei — nevei ! For wlieic we lo»e, kno folO^el ! "