 | Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 |  |
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VENETIAN MELODY.
When the yellow moonbeams quiver
The rippling waves among,
And o'er the shining river
Floats the Gondolerii's song,
Night's silence sweetly breaking,
The gentle echoes waking,
That sleep the shores along,—
Then haste in thy beauty hither,
More bright than the moonbeams be,
Nor leave the fond hopes to wither
That blossom alone for thee.
The rippling waves among,
And o'er the shining river
Floats the Gondolerii's song,
Night's silence sweetly breaking,
The gentle echoes waking,
That sleep the shores along,—
Then haste in thy beauty hither,
More bright than the moonbeams be,
Nor leave the fond hopes to wither
That blossom alone for thee.
When the stars their watch are keeping
In the dark-blue arch above,
And the evening dews are weeping
The close of the flowers they love;
When fairies trip it featly,
And the ringdove murmurs sweetly
In the depth of its lovely grove—
Then haste in thy beauty hither,
Thou dearer than life to me,
Nor leave the fond hopes to wither
That blossom alone for thee.
In the dark-blue arch above,
And the evening dews are weeping
The close of the flowers they love;
When fairies trip it featly,
And the ringdove murmurs sweetly
In the depth of its lovely grove—
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Thou dearer than life to me,
Nor leave the fond hopes to wither
That blossom alone for thee.
| Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | |