II. When Sorrow sat upon my brow, In dark foreboding guise The language of those eyes : line of care, As if their brightest glow would melt, To shed some comfort there 1 But thou art gone, my Annette May; And I, alone, am left to mourn lOh, farewell, dearest Annette Mayo My life, my all, is gone! III. mine ear, Some faint, low tone, at eventide, upon When most I miss my gentle bride, And breathes her name so dear. “Sweet Annette May !" the streamlet sings, As 'neath my feet it glides : “Sweet Annette May !” the welkin rings; But, Oh! her form it hides :Then, fare the well, sweet Annette May ! Since thou art gone my life is drear lOh, fare thee well, sweet Annette May My own, my ever dear! SONG. I. CANST thou, O harp, repeat the tones That wildly o'er the heart-strings sweepThat deep sad strain that through them moans When vain the eye may seek to weep ? Oh, if thou canst, my hand shall wake Once more the chords that slumb’ring lie, And but this once thy silence break, Then snap thy strings and near thee die! II. Canst thou, O harp, my story tell That strange sad tale, so full of woe ? Another joy on earth to know. To breathe my spirit's burning sigh, And then I 'll hush thy chords and die ! III. Be true, O harp! my heart's deep core Consigns to thee its latest tone; Give out, give out its voice alone! But truly bear my parting sigh; I 'll snap thy wailing strings and die ! NOTE. This Song, set to Music by the highly-accomplished Pianiste, Miss Caroline O'Grady, is published by C. Jefferys, Music-seller, Soho-square. SONG. I. By many tokens Love will speak, Oft wear a strange disguise, To hide the secret he would keep From vain or prying eyes: He'll wear a pilgrim's saintly weeds, To bow at Beauty's shrine; Or, in the Tourney's knightly deeds, Her bravest champion shine ! Oh, many tokens Love can find, His loyalty to tell, And close around the heart to wind The thraldom of his spell ! II. He'll dive beneath the deepest wave For Ocean's rarest gem, And pierce old Plutus' golden cave, To deck her diadem; |