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[SONG. My own Maria! dearest maid]
My own Maria! dearest maid,
Oh! listen and arise!
The midnight air that sought thy bed
Was freighted with my sighs.
Oh! listen and arise!
The midnight air that sought thy bed
Was freighted with my sighs.
Ten thousand dewy blossoms deck
The zephyr-shaken tree,
The lily strains her tender neck,
To mingle breaths with thee.
The zephyr-shaken tree,
The lily strains her tender neck,
To mingle breaths with thee.
The orient is rosy gay,
The warbler quits her nest,
And gloomy night-mists only stay
In my hope-sickened breast
The warbler quits her nest,
And gloomy night-mists only stay
In my hope-sickened breast
Come! though my locks are wet with dews
That trickling cold remain,
Look on my cheek without its hues,
And they'll return again.
That trickling cold remain,
Look on my cheek without its hues,
And they'll return again.
I will not tell thee what a night
'Tis thou hast caused, my bride—
But! bless me with thy blue-eye's light,
I'll think on naught beside.
'Tis thou hast caused, my bride—
But! bless me with thy blue-eye's light,
I'll think on naught beside.
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