And he gave it as his sentiments, and no one thought it odd,
He was better off as sailor than when sailing as a god.
Now many years had flown away when Samuel was forgot,
There came a ship for pearl shell unto that lonely spot;
They went into the temple, and what do you suppose
They found the natives worshipping—a suit of Samuel’s clothes!
And this was the tradition of the people of the soil,
How once a great divinity had ruled upon their isle;
Four fathom tall, with eyes like fire, and such was their believin’,
One night he got upon the moon—and sailed away to Heaven!