Areytos or songs and ballads of the South | ||
GOOD-NIGHT!
Good-night, my love! while blessings
Like vigil spirits, keep,
Around thy dreaming pillow,
Sweet watch above thy sleep!
May no rude vision rouse thee
From fancies taught by mine!
But be the dream that woos thee
Pure as that heart of thine!
Good-night! good-night! dear lady—
Love's angels guard thy sleep!
Good-night!
Like vigil spirits, keep,
Around thy dreaming pillow,
Sweet watch above thy sleep!
May no rude vision rouse thee
From fancies taught by mine!
But be the dream that woos thee
Pure as that heart of thine!
Good-night! good-night! dear lady—
Love's angels guard thy sleep!
Good-night!
Heart that, forever gentle,
Ne'er knew the taint of sin!
Eyes that, like evening flowers,
Shut sunset hues within!
Lips, like the rose just budded
That shrines heaven's sweetest dew—
Sleep with no beauty clouded!
Sleep with each feeling true!
Good-night! good-night! dear lady—
Love's angels guard thy sleep!
Good-night!
Ne'er knew the taint of sin!
Eyes that, like evening flowers,
Shut sunset hues within!
Lips, like the rose just budded
That shrines heaven's sweetest dew—
Sleep with no beauty clouded!
Sleep with each feeling true!
Good-night! good-night! dear lady—
Love's angels guard thy sleep!
Good-night!
Areytos or songs and ballads of the South | ||