The chieftain, transfixed in his wonder,
Gazed long with his dark eager eyes,
Like a warrior rejoiced o'er his plunder
He spoke to his wonderful prize.
Gazed long with his dark eager eyes,
Like a warrior rejoiced o'er his plunder
He spoke to his wonderful prize.
"Thou art mine, O my beautiful palace!
No other my secret shall know,
My refuge from envy and malice,
I tell not my friend or my foe;
No other my secret shall know,
My refuge from envy and malice,
I tell not my friend or my foe;
For a secret revealed to a brother
That hour is a secret no more,
One wave whispers low to another
And the surges speak loud on the shore."
That hour is a secret no more,
One wave whispers low to another
And the surges speak loud on the shore."
There was silence once more in the cavern
Then a splashing of sea-foam and wave
And the daring young chief of the Tonga
Rose up from his submarine cave.
Then a splashing of sea-foam and wave
And the daring young chief of the Tonga
Rose up from his submarine cave.
Time passed and a ruler tyrannic
Reigned over the peaceful domain,
So cruel was he that a panic
Spread over the isles in his reign.
Reigned over the peaceful domain,
So cruel was he that a panic
Spread over the isles in his reign.
One chief planned a great insurrection
And well were his secret plans laid
When the news spread in every direction
That the deeply laid scheme was betrayed.
And well were his secret plans laid
When the news spread in every direction
That the deeply laid scheme was betrayed.
And he who had planned insurrection
And all of his family with him
Were sentenced to speedy destruction
By the dreadful, tyrannical king.
And all of his family with him
Were sentenced to speedy destruction
By the dreadful, tyrannical king.
This chief had a beautiful daughter
Betrothed to a chief of high rank,
Betrothed to a chief of high rank,
[ 37 ]
