Poem: Serenade (For Music)

The western wind is blowing fair

Across the dark AEgean sea,

And at the secret marble stair

上海龙凤shlf最新地址My Tyrian galley waits for thee.

Come down! the purple sail is spread,

The watchman sleeps within the town,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址O leave thy lily-flowered bed,

O Lady mine come down, come down!

上海龙凤shlf最新地址She will not come, I know her well,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Of lover's vows she hath no care,

And little good a man can tell

Of one so cruel and so fair.

上海龙凤shlf最新地址True love is but a woman's toy,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址They never know the lover's pain,

And I who loved as loves a boy

Must love in vain, must love in vain.

O noble pilot, tell me true,

Is that the sheen of golden hair?

Or is it but the tangled dew

上海龙凤shlf最新地址That binds the passion-flowers there?

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Good sailor come and tell me now

Is that my Lady's lily hand?

Or is it but the gleaming prow,

Or is it but the silver sand?

No! no! 'tis not the tangled dew,

'Tis not the silver-fretted sand,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址It is my own dear Lady true

With golden hair and lily hand!

O noble pilot, steer for Troy,

Good sailor, ply the labouring oar,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址This is the Queen of life and joy

Whom we must bear from Grecian shore!

The waning sky grows faint and blue,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址It wants an hour still of day,

Aboard! aboard! my gallant crew,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址O Lady mine, away! away!

O noble pilot, steer for Troy,

上海龙凤shlf最新地址Good sailor, ply the labouring oar,

O loved as only loves a boy!

上海龙凤shlf最新地址O loved for ever evermore!