There is a little Bungalow
Perched on a granite ledge,
And at its feet two suitors meet;
( I watch them, and I know )
One waits outside the casement edge;
One paces to and fro.
The Patient Rock speaks not a word;
The Sea goes up and down,
And sings full oft, in cadence soft;
( I listen, and have heard )
Again he wears an angry frown
By jealous passion stirred.
This dawn, the Rock was all aglow;
Far out the mad Sea went;
Beyond the raft, like one gone daft;
( I saw them, and I know )
While radiant and well content
Smiled down the Bungalow.
That was at Dawn; ere day had set,
The Sea with pleading voice
Came back to woo his love anew;
( I saw them when they met )
And now I know not which her choice -
( The Rock's gray face was wet. )