Naiad, or Nereid,—or Syren fair,

Mislodging music in her pitiless breast,

A nightingale within a falcon's nest.

XXXVII.

They say there be such maidens in the deep,

Charming poor mariners, that all too near

By mortal lullabies fall dead asleep,

As drowsy men are poison'd through the ear;

Therefore Leander's fears begin to urge,

This snowy swan is come to sing his dirge.