That you have dared to kiss me so?”

Alone upon the pebbly strand

Break ocean swell and pale moonbeam;

The lovers are walking hand in hand

From the bluff to where the gas-lamps stream;

They reach the peopled colonnade:

Trembling, she said,

“Dear, I’m sure they all will know

That you have dared to kiss me so.”

The waltz floats through the casement low,