Felicia Hemans in The New Monthly Magazine Volume 40 1834/Sing, Gondolier!

by Felicia Hemans

For other versions of this work, see Sing, Gondolier!.

The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 40, Page 292

V.
Sing, Gondolier!

Sing to me, Gondolier!
    Sing words from Tasso's lay;
While pure, and still, and clear,
    Night seems but softer day.
The gale is gently falling,
    As if it paused to hear
Some strain, the past recalling;—
    Sing to me, Gondolier!

Oh! ask me not to wake
    Proud spirits of the brave;
Bid no high numbers break
    The silence of the wave!
Gone are the noble-hearted,
    Closed the bright pageants here;
And the glad song is departed
    From the mournful Gondolier!