Songs and Poems by George Sigerson :: :: University of Virginia Library

Ah sing, Lady fair,
Once more that sweet old air,
Some fairy voice sang it when the world was new:
It falls upon the heart,
All worn with sorrow's smart,
As on sultry flowers at eve falls the fragrant dew.

II

Again, through the night,
The radiant stars give light,
The great sky above them is soft and blue
And near are happy eyes,
And hope on hopes arise
As incense from the flowers greets the fragrant dew.

III

Old times pass away,
Old friendships decay,
They vanish, the bright hopes, that once seemed true,
But, in that magic strain,
They all take life again,
As the faded flowers revive 'neath the fragrant dew.

IV

Such fortune be mine
That this dear air divine
May recall once my name to the faithful few,
And evoke in memory,
A silent tear from thee—
As on broken flowers at night falls the fragrant dew.