My Darling, We Sat Together

My darling, we sat together,

We two, in our frail boat;

The night was calm o'er the wide sea

Whereon we were afloat.

The Specter-Island, the lovely,

Lay dim in the moon's mild glance;

There sounded sweetest music,

There waved the shadowy dance.

It sounded sweeter and sweeter,

It waved there to and fro;

But we slid past forlornly

Upon the great sea-flow.