194 TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. [VOL. II. 



MY DARLING.* 



O Magali. love's model maid, 

 Accept my modest serenade, 

 List from thy window, not unseen. 

 My violins and tambourine. 



He : With robe of stars the sky's still dressed. 

 The winds have rocked themselves to rest, 

 But when thou liftst thy window veil 

 At sight of thee, the stars will pale. 



She : Thy serenade's no more to me 



Than is the murmuring of the tree. 

 But to the sea-kissed rock I'll steal 

 To hide beneath, like silver eel. 



Ne : O Magali, if thou become 



The denizen of wat'ry home, 

 I'll be a fisher, night and day, 

 Until I claim thee for my prey. 



S/ie : If thou art fisherman, and cast 



Thy net to search the waters vast, 

 Meanwhile I'll turn to bird, and hide 

 In distant lands, unknown and wide. 



He: Oh Magali, if thou should'st change 

 To bird that beats the airy range, 

 I'll learn and ply each art and lure 

 That my sweet quarry can secure. 



S/ie : While for young partridge thou shalt beat 

 Or spread thy toils, the lark to cheat, 

 I'll turn to flowering herb and cower 

 Where meadows broad shall form my bower. 



He : Oh Magali, if thou put on 

 The daisy's pied caparison, 

 A limpid streamlet shalt thou see 

 Curl round thy feet to water thee. 



* O Magali, ma tant amado, 

 Mete la tet 'au fenestroun, 

 Escout un pau aquest' aubado, 

 De tambourin e de viouloun. 



Ei pleu d'esteir aperamount, 



L'aur es toumbado, 

 Mai lis estello paliran, 



Quand te veiran. 



etc., etc. 



