10 
THE SEA-SERPENT. 
glow ! For O, how still is the summer sea, when 
the stars shine out and the sunset fades, giving 
place, with its gorgeous drapery, to the silver moon 
and the evening shades ! ” u Ah, true, Miss Per¬ 
cy ! this charms you, then ? ” said Hunt, as he 
stepped to the maiden’s side, and tossed the cigar, 
that he smoked with the men, into the gently heav¬ 
ing tide. Perchance for your sake I might bear the 
sluggish calm, and the silent seas, but O ! I had 
much rather dare the mountain wave and the ring¬ 
ing breeze. There’s far more danger lingering 
here, than when, close-reefed, we are lying to ; 
but, ladies, I would not cause a fear, so, Forbes, 
we will have a song from you.” Dick Forbes 
could sing, and you may be sure, at Newport, 
where they for weeks had been, his light guitar 
and his songs from Moore had delighted the ladies 
and teased the men. With a nonchalant air his 
guitar he strung, and this was the song that Dick 
Forbes sung. 
SONG. 
i. 
“ When twilight dews are falling soft 
Upon the rosy sea, 
