THE MERMAN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1243, 25 September 1875, Page 19

THE MERMAN.

By Alfred Texxysox, D.C.L. Who would be A merman bold, Sitting alone, Singing alone, Under the sea, With ;i crown of gold, On a throne ? I would bo a merman bold • I would .sit and fcing the whole of the day ; I would Jill the sea-halls with a voice of power ; Bnt at night I would roam abroad and play With the mermaids in and out of the rocks, Pressing their hair with the white s>ea-flower ; And holding them back by their flowing locks I would kiss them often under the j,ea, And kiss them aguin till they kiased me Laughingly, laughingly ; And then we would wander away, away To the pale-ween. sea-<rroves straight and high, Chasing each other merrily. There would be neither moon nor star ; But the wave would make music above tss afar — Low thunder and light in the magic night— Neither moon nor tar. We would call aloud in the dreamy dells, Call to each other and whoop and'ery All night, merrily, merrily; They would pc t.n 8 with starry spangles and shells, Laughing nnd clapping their hand.s between, All night merrily, merri'y; But I would throw to them back hi mine Turkis, and agate, and almondine ; Then, leaping out upon them unseen, I would kiss them often under the sea, And kiss them again till they kissed me

Laughingly, laughingly. Oh ! what a happy liie were mine Under the hollow-hung ocean green ! Snft aro the moss-beds under the sea; We would live merrily, merrily.