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OH, COME TO ME WHEN DAYLIGHT SETS.

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(Venetian Air.)

Oh, 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;
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O'er the moonlight sea.
Oh, then's the hour for those who love,
Sweet, like thee and me;
When all's so calm below, above,
In Heav'n and o'er the sea.

166

When maidens sing sweet barcarolles ,
And Echo sings again
So sweet, that all with ears and souls
Should love and listen then.
So, come to me when daylight sets;
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O'er the moonlight sea.
 

Barcarolles, sorte de chansons en langue Vénitienne, que chantent les gondoliers à Venise. —Rousseau, Dictionnaire de Musique.