And as all watched him disappear,
The echo of a voice rang clear—
“Ten thousand pounds!”
All Europe soon he searched—in vain
He climbed each mountain, scoured each plain,
Alas! he found not him he sought,
And vocal grew the luring thought—
“Ten thousand pounds!”
“Off to the east I’ll go,” he cried:
“I’ll roam the deserts far and wide,