Years were days, when here she stray'd, Holy be the Pilgrim's sleep. Holy be the Pilgrim's sleep, From the dreams of terror free; And may all, who wake to weep, Rest to-night as sweet as he! Hark! hark! did I hear a vesper swell? No, no-it is my loved Pilgrim's pray'r. No, no-'twas but the convent bell, That tolls upon the midnight air. Holy be the Pilgrim's sleep! Some holy man is wand'ring near. O Pilgrim! where hast thou been roaming? Peace to them whose days are done, Death their eyelids closing; Hark! the burial rite's begun, 'Tis time for our reposing. Here, then, my Pilgrim's course is o'er 'Tis my master! 'tis my master!-welcome here once more; Come to our shed, all toil is over; I can no longer stifle. I can no longer stifle, How much I long to rifle That little part They call the heart, Of you, you lovely trifle! You can no longer doubt it, So let me be about it, Or on my word, And by the Lord, I'll try to do without it. This pretty thing's as light, Sir, As any paper kite, Sir; And here and there, And God knows where, She takes her wheeling flight, Sir. Us lovers, to amuse us, There, hung like bobs She whisks us where she chooses. I saw the moon rise clear. I saw the moon rise clear O'er hills and vales of snow, The gloom that winter cast, Joys that pass away. Joys, that pass away like this, Is follow'd by a tear. Fare thee well! oh, fare thee well! The girl, whose faithless art And with it break my heart. Once, when truth was in those eyes, How beautiful they shone; But now that lustre flies, For truth, alas! is gone. Fare thee well! oh, fare thee well! If, when deceiv'd in love, He could not fly to hate. |