OH! NO-NOT E'EN WHEN FIRST WE LOVED. Cashmerian Air. I. Oн! no-not e'en when first we loved, Wert thou as dear as now thou art; Thy beauty then my senses moved, But now thy virtues bind my heart. What was but Passion's sigh before, Has since been turn'd to Reason's vow; And, though I then might love thee more, Trust me, I love thee better now! II. Although my heart in earlier youth Much more than it has lost in fire. PEACE BE AROUND THEE. Scotch Air. I. PEACE be around thee, wherever thou rov'st; If sorrow e'er this calm should break, II. May Time, who sheds his blight o'er all, They shall not crush one flower beneath! As half in shade and half in sun This world along its path advances, May that side the sun's upon Be all that e'er shall meet thy glances! COMMON SENSE AND GENIUS. French Air. I. WHILE I touch the string, Wreathe my brows with laurel, For the tale I sing Has, for once, a moral. Common Sense, one night, Though not used to gambols, Went out by moonlight, With Genius, on his rambles. While I touch the string, etc. II. Common Sense went on, Many wise things saying, While the light that shone One his eye ne'er raised On each night-cloud o'er him. While I touch the string, etc. III. So they came, at last, To a shady river; Common Sense soon pass'd, Safe, as he doth ever; While the boy, whose look Never saw the brook, But tumbled headlong in it! While I touch the string, etc. IV. How the wise one smiled, When safe o'er the torrent, At that youth, so wild, Genius, left to shiver On the bank, 'tis said, Died of that cold river! While I touch the string, etc. THEN, FARE THEE WELL. Old English Air. I. THEN, fare thee well! my own dear love, This world has now for us No greater grief, no pain above The pain of parting thus, dear love! the pain of parting thus! II. Had we but known, since first we met, We might, in numbering them, forget The deep, deep pain of this, dear love! the deep, deep pain of this! III. But no, alas! we've never seen One glimpse of pleasure's ray, But still there came some cloud between, And chased it all away, dear love! and chased it all away! |