Classic Poem

Many a garden and blossom rare
There needs must be,
And many a long white winding stair,
Leading away to those gardens fair,
Down,
Down,
Down in the deep, deep sea.

Quiet and peaceful those gardens are, —
They needs must be, —
Where the mermaid roaming may see afar
Through darkling waters the evening star,
Down,
Down,
Down in the deep, deep sea.

The mermen call with their bugle-shells, —
It needs must be, —
The sea-nymphs answer on fond faint bells:
How the music wavers and dies and swells,
Down,
Down,
Down in the deep, deep sea.