Он, come to me when daylight sets; Sweet! then come to me, When smoothly go our gondolets O'er the moonlight sea. When Mirth's awake, and Love begins, Beneath that glancing ray, With sound of lutes and mandolins, To steal young hearts away. Then, come to me when daylight sets; Oh, then's the hour for those who love, When alls so calm below, above, In heav'n and o'er the sea, When maidens sing sweet barcarolles So sweet, that all with ears and souls So, come to me when daylight sets; GAILY SOUNDS THE CASTANET. (MALTESE AIR.) GAILY sounds the castanet, Beating time to bounding feet, Maids and youths by moonlight meet. Oh, then, how sweet to move Through all that maze of mirth, Then, the joyous banquet spread Into some lov'd one's ear, Thoughts reserv'd through many a day When the dance and feast are done, The words, whose parting tone That haunt young hearts alone. WHEN LOVE IS KIND. WHEN Love is kind, Cheerful and free, Love's sure to find Welcome from me. But when Love brings If Love can sigh For one alone, But should I see Love giv'n to rove To two or three, Then-good-by, Love! Love must, in short, Else, here I swear, To Jericho. BRIGHT BE THY DREAMS. (WELSH AIR.) BRIGHT be thy dreams-may all thy weeping May those by death or seas remov'd, There may the child, whose love lay deepest, Still as she was-no charm forgot No lustre lost that life had given; Or, if changed, but chang'd to what NO-LEAVE MY HEART TO REST. No-leave my heart to rest, if rest it may, To some poor leaf that's fall'n and dead, When youth, and love, and hope, have pass'd away. Oh, had I met thee then, when life was bright, Too late to cheer the seaman's eyes, When wreck'd and lost his bark before him lies! Since youth, and love, and hope, have pass'd away. |