On as the wily sailor crept, To seize (while on the deep it slept.) The hapless creature which did dwell, Ere while within the dancing shell, They steal upon their prey. With sound the least that can be made, Lei-gha-Lei-gha"-then did he cry, Thus did he cry, and thus did pray, Also, and when he felt their hands- That with a motion, overthrow So all his dreams-that inward light," As he had ever known. But Hark! a gratulating voice, And then, when he was brought to land, And in the general joy of heart, But most of all his mother dear, She led him home and wept amain, When she was in the house again; Tears flowed in torrents from her eyes, She could not blame him, nor chastise, She was too happy far. Thus after he had fondly braved |