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"Come follow, come follow, to caverns hollow, That sound with the sighing sea! Come follow me o'er the waters hoar!-- Come away, come away with me! Come follow, oh, follow, to grottoes hollow, And caves that are ocean-whist, Where the sea-weeds twine and the star-fish shine, And the rosy corals twist.

"Come follow me home on the wandering foam, That rolls my world above! My bosom shall bear thee safely where The Sea-nymphs dream of love. They will lie at thy feet and thy heart shall beat To the music of their sighs; They will lean to thy face and, like stars, thou shalt trace Their radiant, love-lit eyes.

"Come away, come away! where, under the spray, The haliötis glows, The nautilus gleams and the sponge-grove dreams, And the crimson dulse like sunset streams, And the coral-forest grows. Come away to my caves, my emerald caves, From the moon and the sun deep hid! Forget the world, down under the waves,-- The world of man that sighs and slaves,-- Forget the world, there under the waves, In the arms of a Nereid!"