And the twain they scritched in mockery,

While the dancers go and come.

So, alas! in the evening, rosy and still,

Light-haired Lallerie

Bitterly quarrelled with Alliolyle

By the yellow-sanded sea.

The rising moon swam sweet and large

Before their furious eyes,

And they rolled and rolled to the coral marge

Where the surf for ever cries.