 | Areytos or songs and ballads of the South |  |
SERENADER IMPLORES HIS MISTRESS TO COME FORTH.
While the evening star is tender,
Softly flashing o'er the deep,
Open eyes of equal splendor,
Dearest maiden, cease to sleep!
Here are worlds of fairy treasure,
Such as woo the virgin heart;
Here are songs of youth and pleasure,
True to nature, dear to art!
Softly flashing o'er the deep,
Open eyes of equal splendor,
Dearest maiden, cease to sleep!
Here are worlds of fairy treasure,
Such as woo the virgin heart;
Here are songs of youth and pleasure,
True to nature, dear to art!
Here thy cavalier delaying,
Lingers with a loving joy;
Duteous, with a true song, praying
That his heart may have employ.
Look thou forth in all thy beauty,
Bright for conquest, thou, and He,
Glad to hail, with happy duty,
The first faintest smile from thee.
Lingers with a loving joy;
Duteous, with a true song, praying
That his heart may have employ.
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Bright for conquest, thou, and He,
Glad to hail, with happy duty,
The first faintest smile from thee.
Come thou forth, with step of fleetness,
As the birds through air advance;
Beam out bright, with eye of sweetness,
Swaying hearts with starry glance.
Come, while hearts and hours are sighing,
Still ungladden'd by thy sight;
Come, with soul and smile complying,
Bringing blessings on the night.
As the birds through air advance;
Beam out bright, with eye of sweetness,
Swaying hearts with starry glance.
Come, while hearts and hours are sighing,
Still ungladden'd by thy sight;
Come, with soul and smile complying,
Bringing blessings on the night.
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