Serenade (Cornwall)
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Inesilla! I am here
Thy own cavalier
Is now beneath thy lattice playing:
Why art thou delaying?
Thy own cavalier
Is now beneath thy lattice playing:
Why art thou delaying?
He hath riden many a mile
But to see thy smile:
The young light on the flowers is shining,
Yet he is repining.
But to see thy smile:
The young light on the flowers is shining,
Yet he is repining.
What to him is a summer star,
If his love's afar?
What to him the flowers perfuming,
When his heart's consuming?
If his love's afar?
What to him the flowers perfuming,
When his heart's consuming?
Sweetest girl! I why dost thou hide?
Beauty may abide
Even before the eye of morning,
And want no adorning.
Beauty may abide
Even before the eye of morning,
And want no adorning.
Now, upon their paths of lights,
Starry spirits bright
To catch thy brighter glance are staying:
Why art thou delaying ?
Starry spirits bright
To catch thy brighter glance are staying:
Why art thou delaying ?
This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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