Light falls her foot where the rift follows after,

Finer her hair than your feathery spray,

Sweeter her voice than your infinite laughter,—

Hist! ye wild couriers, list to my lay!

Deep in the chambers of grottos auroral

Morn laves her jewels and bends her red knee:

Thence to my dear one your amber and coral

Bring for her dowry, O beautiful sea!

TOUJOURS AMOUR.

Prithee tell me, Dimple-Chin,