text:  "She shrieks and calls upon the name She learn'd to love him by; The waves have swamp'd her little boat-- She sinks before his eye! And he must keep his dangerous post And leave her there to die! "One moment's dreadful strife--Love wins; He plunges in the water; The moon is out his strokes are stout The swimmer's arm has caught her And back he bears with gasping heart The Forest's matchless daughter! "'Twas but a chance!--her life is gain'd And his is gone--for lo! The picquet round has come and found Left open to the foe The dangerous post that Ronald kept So short a time ago