 | Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 |  |
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SILENTLY.
How oft, when like beauty at rest,
All unruffled reclines the blue deep;
And the moonbeam hangs over its breast
Like a lover who watches her sleep
Silently.
All unruffled reclines the blue deep;
And the moonbeam hangs over its breast
Like a lover who watches her sleep
Silently.
I roam on the beach, and recall
The fond hours when I strayed there with thee;
And thoughtless, unthought of by all,
We've gazed on that silvery sea
Silently.
The fond hours when I strayed there with thee;
And thoughtless, unthought of by all,
We've gazed on that silvery sea
Silently.
And as the light breeze murmurs by,
And awakens the wave from its trance,
So I've spoken to thee in a sigh,
And thou hast replied by a glance
Silently.
And awakens the wave from its trance,
So I've spoken to thee in a sigh,
And thou hast replied by a glance
Silently.
Ah, lady, in moments so dear,
I forgot they so soon might be o'er,
And leave me all joyless and drear,
To wander alone on the shore
Silently.
I forgot they so soon might be o'er,
And leave me all joyless and drear,
To wander alone on the shore
Silently.
| Songs and Poems from 1819 to 1879 | |