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I. Strings in the earth and airMake music sweet;
II. The twilight turns from amethystTo deep and deeper blue,
III. At that hour when all things have repose,O lonely watcher of the skies,
IV. When the shy star goes forth in heavenAll maidenly, disconsolate,
V. Lean out of the window,Goldenhair,
VI. I would in that sweet bosom be(O sweet it is and fair it is!)
VII. My love is in a light attireAmong the apple-trees,
VIII. Who goes amid the green woodWith springtide all adorning her?
IX. Winds of May, that dance on the sea,Dancing a ring-around in glee
X. Bright cap and streamers,He sings in the hollow:
XI. Bid adieu, adieu, adieu,Bid adieu to girlish days,
XII. What counsel has the hooded moonPut in thy heart, my shyly sweet,
XIII. Go seek her out all courteously,And say I come,
XIV. My dove, my beautiful one,Arise, arise!
XV. From dewy dreams, my soul, arise,From love’s deep slumber and from death,
XVI. O cool is the valley nowAnd there, love, will we go
XVII. Because your voice was at my sidewI gave him pain,
XVIII. O sweetheart, hear you Your lover’s tale;
XIX. Be not sad because all men Prefer a lying clamour before you:
XX. In the dark pine-woodI would we lay,
XXI. He who hath glory lost, nor hath Found any soul to fellow his,
XXII. Of that so sweet imprisonmentMy soul, dearest, is fain?
XXIII. This heart that flutters near my heartMy hope and all my riches is,
XXIV. Silently she’s combing, Combing her long hair,
XXV. Lightly come or lightly go: Though thy heart presage thee woe,
XXVI. Thou leanest to the shell of night, Dear lady, a divining ear.
XXVII. Though I thy Mithridates were, Framed to defy the poison-dart,
XXVIII. Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love;
XXIX. Dear heart, why will you use me so? Dear eyes that gently me upbraid,
XXX. Love came to us in time gone by When one at twilight shyly played
XXXI. O, it was out by Donny carney When the bat flew from tree to tree
XXXII. Rain has fallen all the day. O come among the laden trees:
XXXIII. Now, O now, in this brown land Where Love did so sweet music make
XXXIV. Sleep now, O sleep now ,O you unquiet heart!
XXXV. All day I hear the noise of waters Making moan,
XXXVI. I hear an army charging upon the land, And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees
