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How the wise one smiled,

When safe o'er the torrent,
At that youth, so wild,

Dripping from the current!
Sense went home to bed;
Genius, left to shiver
On the bank, 'tis said,

Died of that cold river!
While I touch the string, etc.

THEN, FARE THEE WELL.
Old English Air.

THEN, fare thee well! my own dear
love,

This world has now for us,
No greater grief, no pain above
The pain of parting thus, dear love! the
pain of parting thus !

Had we but known, since first we met,
Some few short hours of bliss,
We might, in numbering them, forget
The deep, deep pain of this, dear love!
the deep, deep pain of this!

But no, alas! we've never seen

One glimpse of pleasure's ray, But still there came some cloud between,

And chased it all away, dear love! and
chased it all away!

Yet, e'en could those sad moments last,
Far dearer to my heart
Were hours of grief, together past,
Than years of mirth apart, dear love!

than years of mirth apart! Farewell! our hope was born in fears, And nursed 'mid vain regrets! Like winter suns, it rose in tears, Like them in tears it sets, dear love! like them in tears it sets!

GAILY SOUNDS THE CASTANET.
Maltese Air.

GAILY sounds the castanet,
Beating time to bounding feet,
When, after daylight's golden set,
Maids and youths by moonlight meet.

Oh! then, how sweet to move
Through all that maze of mirth,
Lighted by those eyes we love
Beyond all eyes on earth!

Then, the joyous banquet spread
On the cool and fragrant ground,
With night's bright eye-beams overhead.
And still brighter sparkling round.
Oh! then, how sweet to say

Into the loved one's ear,
Thoughts reserved through many a day
To be thus whispered here!

When the dance and feast are dore,
Arm in arm as home we stray,
How sweet to see the dawning sun
O'er her cheek's warm blushes play;
Then, then the farewell kiss,

And words whose parting tone
Lingers still in dreams of bliss,
That haunt young hearts alone.

LOVE IS A HUNTER-BOY.
Languedocian Air.

LOVE is a hunter-boy,
Who makes young hearts his prey,
And in his nets of joy

Ensnares them night and day
In vain concealed they lie--

Love tracks them everywhere;
In vain aloft they fly-

Love shoots them flying there.
But 'tis his joy most sweet,

At early dawn to trace
The print of Beauty's feet,

And most he loves through snow
And give the trembler chase.
To trace those footsteps fair,
For then the boy doth know

None tracked before him there.

COME, CHASE THAT STARTING
TEAR AWAY.
French Air.

COME, chase that starting tear away,
Ere mine to meet it springs;
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings!

Like sunset gleams, that linger late
When all is darkening fast,

Are hours like these we snatch from
Fate-

The brightest and the last.

Then, chase that starting tear, etc. To gild our darkening life, if Heaven But one bright hour allow, Oh! think that one bright hour is given, In all its splendour, now! Let's live it out-then sink in night, Like waves that from the shore One minute swell-are touched with light

Then lost for evermore.

Then, chase that starting tear, etc.

HEAR ME BUT ONCE.
French Air.

HEAR me but once, while o'er the grave,
In which our love lies cold and dead,
I count each flattering hope he gave,

Of joys now lost and charms now fled, Who could have thought the smile he

wore,

When first we met, would fade away? Or that a chill would e'er come o'er Those eyes so bright through many a day?

JOYS OF YOUTH, HOW FLEETING! Portuguese Air. WHISPERINGS, heard by wakeful maids, To whom the night-stars guide usStolen walks through moonlight shades, With those we love beside us.

Hearts beating, at meeting,Tears starting, at parting; Oh! sweet youth, how soon it fades! Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!

WHEN LOVE WAS A CHILD.
Swedish Air.

WHEN Love was a child, and went idling round,

'Mong flowers the whole summer's day,

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But Love didn't know--and at his weak years

What urchin was likely to know ?— That sorrow had made of her own salt tears

That fountain which murmured below.

He caught at the wreath-but with too much haste,

As boys when impatient will do— It fell in those waters of briny taste,

And the flowers were all wet through.

Yet this is the wreath he wears night and day;

And though it all sunny appears With Pleasure's own lustre, each leaf, they say,

Still tastes of the Fountain of Tears.

SAY, WHAT SHALL BE OUR SPORT TO-DAY?

Sicilian Air.

SAY, what shall be our sport to-day?
There's nothing on earth, in sea or air,
Too bright, too bold, too high, too gay,
For spirits like mine to dare!
"Tis like the returning bloom

Of those days, alas! gone by, When I loved each hour-I scarce knew whom,-

And was blest-I scarce knew why.

Ay, those were days when life had wings,

Aud flew-oh, flew so wild a height, That, like the lark which sunward

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THE CRYSTAL HUNTERS.
Swiss Air.

O'ER mountains bright w. snow and light,

We Crystal Hunters speed along, While grots and caves, and icy waves, Each instant echo to our song; And when we meet with stores of gems, We grudge not kings their diadems. O'er mountains bright with snow and light,

We Crystal Hunters speed along, While grots and caves, and icy waves Each instant echo to our song.

No lover half so fondly dreams

Of sparkles from his lady's eyes, As we of those refreshing gleams

That tell where deep the crystal lies Though, next to crystal, we too grant That ladies' eyes may most enchant. O'er mountains, etc.

Sometimes, when o'er the Alpine rose
The golden sunset leaves its ray,
So like a gem the floweret glows,

;

We thither bend our headlong way ; And though we find no treasure there, We bless the rose that shines so fair. O'er mountains, etc.

ROW GENTLY HERE.
Venetian Air.

Row gently here, my gondolicr; so softly wake the tide,

That not an ear on earth may hear, but hers to whom we glide.

Had Heaven but tongues to speak, as

well as starry eyes to see, Oh! think what tales 'twould have to tell of wandering youths like me! Now rest thee here, my gondolier; hush, hush, for up I go,

To climb yon light balcony's height, while thou keep'st watch below. Ah! did we take for heaven above but half such pains as we

Take day and night for woman's love, what angels we should be!

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Whispering of joys that yet remain

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No, no, never more can this life bring PEACE TO THE SLUMBERERS!

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Catalonian Air.

PEACE to the slumberers !

They lie on the battle plain, With no shroud to cover them;

The dew and the summer rain Are all that weep over them.

Vain was their bravery !

The fallen oak lies where it lay, Across the wintry river;

But brave hearts, once swept away, Are gone, alas! for ever. Woe to the conqueror !

Our limbs shall lie as cold as thei s Of whom his sword bereft us,

Ere we forget the deep arrears Of vengeance they have left us !

WHEN first that smile, like sunshine, WHEN THOU SHALT WANDER. blessed my sight,

Oh! what a vision then came o'er me! Long years of love, of calm and pure delight,

Seemed in that smile to pass before me, Ne'er did the peasant dream, ne'er dream of summer skies,

Of golden fruit and harvests springing, With fonder hope than I of those sweet

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Sicilian Air.

WHEN thou shalt wander by that sweet light

We used to gaze on so many an eve, When love was new and hope was bright,

Ere I could doubt or thou deceiveOh! then remembering how swift went by

Those hours of transport, even thou may'st sigh.

Yes, proud one! even thy heart may

own

That love like ours was far too swed

To be, like summer garments thrown | Love, who saw the whole proceeding, Aside when past the summer's heat; Would have laughed, but for goodAnd wish in vain to know again breeding; Such days, such nights as bless'd thee then.

WHO'LL BUY MY LOVE-KNOTS? Portuguese Air.

HYMEN late, his love knots selling,
Called at many a maiden's dwelling:
None could doubt who saw or knew
them,

Hymen's call was welcome to them.
'Who'll buy my love-knots ?
Who'll buy my love-knots?'
Soon as that sweet cry resounded,
How his baskets were surrounded!

Maids who now first dreamed of trying
These gay knots of Hymen's tying;
Dames, who long had sat to watch him
Passing by, but ne'er could catch him;-

'Who'll buy my love-knots ? Who'll buy my love-knots ? All at that sweet cry assembled ; Some laughed, some blushed, and some trembled.

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While old Hymen, who was used to Cries like that these dames gave loose to

"Take back our love-knots! Take back our love-knots !'Coolly said, "There's no returning Wares on Hymen's hands-Good morning !'

SEE, THE DAWN FROM HEAVEN.
Sung at Rome on Christmas Eve.
SEE, the dawn from heaven is breaking
o'er our sight,

And earth, from sin awaking, hails the light!

See, those groups of Angels, winging from the realms above,

On their sunny brows from Eden bringing wreaths of Hope and Love. Hark-their hymns of glory pealing through the air,

To mortal ears revealing who lies there!
In that dwelling, dark and lowly,
sleeps the heavenly Son,
He, whose home is in the skies-the
Holy One!

NETS AND CAGES.
Swedish Air.

COME, listen to my story, while
Your needle's task you ply;
At what I sing some maids will smile,
While some perhaps may sigh.
Though Love's the theme, and Wisdom
blames

Yet Truth sometime, like Eastern
Such florid songs as ours,
dames,

Can speak her thoughts by flowers. Then listen, maids, come listen, while

Your needle's task you ply;
At what I sing there's some may smile,
While some perhaps will sigh.

Young Cloe, bent on catching Loves,
Such nets had learned to frame,

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