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BY THE SIDE OF THE SOUNDING SEA.
Air—VALETTA'S.
I.
By the side of the sounding sea,
Which the shrill blasts of Autumn waken,
Alone I wander, far from thee,
The spot where first we met, forsaken.
And its flowrets have lost their hue;
No more for me thy hand will wreathe them,
And bid me think how fond and true
We watch'd their growth, and love grew with them.
But here though nought around below
Of her I loved and left remind me,
The same bright Heaven on both will glow,
And heart to heart to thee still bind me.
By the side of the sounding sea,
Which the shrill blasts of Autumn waken,
Alone I wander, far from thee,
The spot where first we met, forsaken.
And its flowrets have lost their hue;
No more for me thy hand will wreathe them,
And bid me think how fond and true
We watch'd their growth, and love grew with them.
But here though nought around below
Of her I loved and left remind me,
The same bright Heaven on both will glow,
And heart to heart to thee still bind me.
II.
'Tis when star is array'd with star,
And when the moon unveils her splendour,
We both may watch, though parted far,
Together for that orb so tender.
'Tis when star is array'd with star,
And when the moon unveils her splendour,
We both may watch, though parted far,
Together for that orb so tender.