'Yea, for my bosom here I sue;
(0 Troy Town!)

Thou must give it where 'tis due,
Give it there to the heart's desire.

Whom do I give my bosom to?
(O Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

'Each twin breast is an apple sweet. (0 Troy Town!)

Once an apple stirred the beat

Of thy heart with the heart's desire :

:

Say, who brought it then to thy feet?

(O Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

'They that claimed it then were three : (O Troy Town!)

For thy sake two hearts did he

Make forlorn of the heart's desire.

Do for him as he did for thee!

(O Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

'Mine are apples grown to the south,
(0 Troy Town!)

Grown to taste in the days of drouth,
Taste and waste to the heart's desire:

Mine are apples meet for his mouth.'
(0 Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

Venus looked on Helen's gift,

(0 Troy Town!)

Looked and smiled with subtle drift,

Saw the work of her heart's desire :

'There thou kneel'st for Love to lift!' (O Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

Venus looked in Helen's face,

(0 Troy Town!)

Knew far off an hour and place,

And fire lit from the heart's desire;

Laughed and said, 'Thy gift hath grace!' (0 Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

Cupid looked on Helen's breast,

(0 Troy Town!)

Saw the heart within its nest,

Saw the flame of the heart's desire,-
Marked his arrow's burning crest.

(0 Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

Cupid took another dart,

(0 Troy Town!)

Fledged it for another heart,

Winged the shaft with the heart's desire,

Drew the string and said, 'Depart!'

(O Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

Paris turned upon his bed,

(0 Troy Town!)

Turned upon his bed and said,

Dead at heart with the heart's desire,

'Oh to clasp her golden head!'

(0 Troy's down,

Tall Troy's on fire!)

G

EDEN BOWER.

It was Lilith the wife of Adam:

(Sing Eden Bower!)

Not a drop of her blood was human,

But she was made like a soft sweet woman.

Lilith stood on the skirts of Eden;

(Alas the hour!)

She was the first that thence was driven;

With her was hell and with Eve was heaven.

In the ear of the Snake said Lilith :

(Sing Eden Bower!)

'To thee I come when the rest is over;

A snake was I when thou wast my lover.

'I was the fairest snake in Eden:

(Alas the hour!)

By the earth's will, new form and feature

Made me a wife for the earth's new creature.

'Take me thou as I come from Adam :
(Sing Eden Bower!)

Once again shall my love subdue thee;
The past is past and I am come to thee.

'O but Adam was thrall to Lilith! (Alas the hour!)

All the threads of my hair are golden,

And there in a net his heart was holden.

'O and Lilith was queen of Adam !

(Sing Eden Bower!)

All the day and the night together

My breath could shake his soul like a feather.

'What great joys had Adam and Lilith!—
(Alas the hour!)

Sweet close rings of the serpent's twining,
As heart in heart lay sighing and pining.

'What bright babes had Lilith and Adam !— (Sing Eden Bower!)

Shapes that coiled in the woods and waters,

Glittering sons and radiant daughters.