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THE SOUTHERN NIGHT.
Ah! how unlike the Southern night
To that of Northern skies,
Where tedious twilight mocks its flight
And day but slowly dies!
For there pale Eve's star-studded veil
O'er all is swiftly cast,
Peace seemeth wafted on the gale;—
Care for a while is past.
To that of Northern skies,
Where tedious twilight mocks its flight
And day but slowly dies!
For there pale Eve's star-studded veil
O'er all is swiftly cast,
Peace seemeth wafted on the gale;—
Care for a while is past.
Chorus.
O! the mellow Southern summer's night,How sweet it is to stray
Mid scenes which the moonbeam's fairy light
Makes lovelier far than day!
How fair the widely-stretching woods,
That clothe the spacious plain;
While Silence, queen-like, o'er them broods
In solitary reign:—
How fair the river's crystal thread,
Seen faintly from afar,
And glimmering pure as on it shed
Are gleams from many a star!
That clothe the spacious plain;
While Silence, queen-like, o'er them broods
In solitary reign:—
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Seen faintly from afar,
And glimmering pure as on it shed
Are gleams from many a star!
Chorus.
O! the mellow Southern summer's night, etc.
How fair perchance the mountains lie,
Though distant wondrous clear,
Their snow-wrapt peaks against the sky
Viewed dimly tier on tier;—
How fair the sleeping landscape seems,
While here and there are heard
Sounds breathing music's softest dreams
Or laughter-laden word!
Though distant wondrous clear,
Their snow-wrapt peaks against the sky
Viewed dimly tier on tier;—
How fair the sleeping landscape seems,
While here and there are heard
Sounds breathing music's softest dreams
Or laughter-laden word!
Chorus.
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