HUSH, HUSH!

"HUSH, hush!"-how well

That sweet word sounds, When Love, the little sentinel, Walks his night-rounds;

Then, if a foot but dare

One rose-leaf crush, Myriads of voices in the air Whisper, "Hush, hush!"

"Hark, hark, 'tis he!"

The night elves cry,

And hush their fairy harmony,

While he steals by;

But if his silv'ry feet

One dew-drop brush,

Voices are heard in chorus sweet,

Whispering, "Hush, hush!"

THE PARTING BEFORE THE BATTLE.

HE.

ON to the field, our doom is seal'd,

To conquer or be slaves:

This sun shall see our nation free,

Or set upon our graves.

SHE.

Farewell, oh farewell, my love,
May Heaven thy guardian be,
And send bright angels from above
To bring thee back to me.

HE.

On to the field, the battle-field,
Where freedom's standard waves,

This sun shall see our tyrant yield,

Or shine upon our graves.

THE WATCHMAN.

A TRIO.

WATCHMAN.

PAST twelve o'clock

past twelve.

Good night, good night, my dearestHow fast the moments fly!

'Tis time to part, thou hearest That hateful watchman's cry.

WATCHMAN.

Past one o'clock-past one.

Yet stay a moment longer

Alas! why is it so,

The wish to stay grows stronger,

The more 'tis time to go?

For when they're past without thee,

They're, oh, ten times as long.

WATCHMAN.

Past three o'clock

-past three.

Again that dreadful warning!
Had ever time such flight?

And see the sky, 'tis morning-
So now, indeed, good night.

WATCHMAN.

Past three o'clock.

past three.

Good night, good night.

SAY, WHAT SHALL WE DANCE?

SAY, what shall we dance?

Shall we bound along the moonlight plain,
To music of Italy, Greece, or Spain?
Say, what shall we dance?

Shall we, like those who rove
Through bright Grenada's grove,
To the light Bolero's measures move?
Or choose the Guaracia's languishing lay,
And thus to its sound die away?

Strike the gay chords,

Let us hear each strain from ev'ry shore

That music haunts, or young feet wander o'er.

Hark! 'tis the light march, to whose measured time,

The Polish lady, by her lover led,

Delights through gay saloons with step untired to

tread,

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