Some day I'll catch you--curse ye?

And make you cry for mercy?

Then you'll go through me, and I'll meet your hope,

For with meteors I'll smash up your telescope.

[GUANO SONG.]

Ich weiss eine friedliche Stelle
Im schweigenden Ocean,
Krystallhell schäumet die Welle
Zum Felsengestade hinan
.

I know of a peaceful island

Afar in the silent sea,

Where around the rocky highland

Pure billows are foaming free.