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A new Song called THE SWEET SILVER LIGHT OF THE MOON. day about the beginning of june Near a jessamine shade I spied a fair maid and she sadly complaint to the moon» Roll on gentle moon guide a traveller’s way where the nightengale singing for june And never again shall my love & 1 stray by the sweet silver light of the moon Like a hart on the mountain my lover was brave so handsome genteel & so tall He spoke so sincere that I loved him quite dear O Edmd. thy eqnal was never _ For ne’r again shall my bosome enjoy with my Edmd.I mean tobesoon = So lovers may weep o’er the grave where we sleep by the sweet silver light of the moon On ehe banks of the shanon as often we str'd where the lamkin so sporting did play Where the blackb'rd & trush jointheir notes. in each bush when medows was gay When he show d methe ring and appointed the «lay that wedded we were to be soon by the sweet sil’ light of the moon In the dead of the night when the stars they shon bright I think I beheld a sweet form 1 reached to embrace that i found it a dream a whither my love had been born | The wilowsi wear it shall mark my dispare -bewayling my lovers sad doom O welcome cold death it shall end all my care by the sweet &c. On his grave? wilsit until day light appears I will weep for my herve so brave Vill embrace the cold sod & i will wet with my tears the days that blooms o’er is cut down like a rose in full bloom He has now fell asleep and left his jane fo" to weep by the sweet silver e * A i ef eee Trinity College Library Dublin ¢ A ee oe oe a EL
