Kate Kearny, with The Answer/The Tear
For other versions of this work, see The Tear ("On beds of snow the moon-beam slept").
THE TEAR.
On beds of snow the moon-beam slept,
And chilly was the midnight gloom,
When by the damp grave Ellen wept;
Sweet maid! it was her Lindor's tomb.
And chilly was the midnight gloom,
When by the damp grave Ellen wept;
Sweet maid! it was her Lindor's tomb.
A warm tear gush'd, the wintry air
Congeal'd it as it flow'd away;
All night it lay an ice-drop there,
At morn it glitter'd in the ray!
Congeal'd it as it flow'd away;
All night it lay an ice-drop there,
At morn it glitter'd in the ray!
An angel, wand'ring from his sphere,
Who saw this bright, this frozen gem,
To dew-ey'd Pity brought the tear,
And hung it on her diadem.
Who saw this bright, this frozen gem,
To dew-ey'd Pity brought the tear,
And hung it on her diadem.