FLOW ON, THOU SHINING RIVER. [PORTUGUESE AIR.} FLOW on, thou shining river; The current of our lives shall be, But if, in wand'ring thither, Thou find'st she mocks my prayer, And tell her thus, when youth is o'er, GO. THEN-TIS VAIN. Go, tnen [SICILIAN AIR.] - 't is vain to hover Thus round a hope that's dead; At length my dream is over; -'t was false -'t is fled! Farewell! since naught it moves thee, Such truth as mine to see Some one, who far less loves thee, Farewell, sweet eyes, whose brightness New life around me shed; Farewell, false heart, whose lightness Now leaves me death instead. Go, now, those charms surrender To some new lover's sigh One who, though far less tender WHERE SHALL WE BURY OUR SHAME [NEAPOLITAN AIR.] WHERE shall we bury our shame? Broken and stain'd by disgrace? Oppression will cease when we're gone But the dishonor, the stain, Die as we may, will live on. Was it for this we sent out Thrill'd to the world's very core? TAKE hence the bowl;-though beaming Brightly as bowl e'er shone, Oh, it but sets me dreaming Each cup I drain brings hither 31* HARK! TIE VESPER HYMN IS STEALING. [RUSSIAN AIR.] HARK! the vesper hymn is stealing Farther now, now farther stealing, Now, like moonlight waves retreating Now, like angry surges meeting Breaks the mingled tide of sorg: Jubilate, Amen. Hush! again, like waves, retreating To the shore, it dies along. |