StoryTitle("caps", "The Sirens' Song ") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Steer, hither steer your wingéd pines, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "All beaten mariners! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Here lie Love's undiscover'd mines, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A prey to passengers— ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Perfumes far sweeter than the best ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Which make the Phœnix' urn and nest. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Fear not your ships, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Nor any to oppose you save our lips; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "But come on shore, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where no joy dies till Love hath gotten more. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For swelling waves our panting breasts, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Where never storms arise, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Exchange, and be awhile our guests: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For stars gaze on our eyes. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The compass Love shall hourly sing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And as he goes about the ring, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "We will not miss ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To tell each point he nameth with a kiss. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "—Then come on shore, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Where no joy dies till Love hath gotten more.", "") ?>
Poet("William Browne of Tavistock", "1588-1643") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>