WATCHING AND WAITING
I love my silent watch to keep
Beside the river wide and deep,
To sit beneath the shady hill
When all the wood is hushed and still,
And watch the gentle ebb and flow
That dances in the vale below.
Beside the river wide and deep,
To sit beneath the shady hill
When all the wood is hushed and still,
And watch the gentle ebb and flow
That dances in the vale below.
I love to hear the waters roar
As down the steep they madly pour,
Or catch their softer melody
Upon the breezes wild and free,
When wearily the river's breast
Smooths out its folds in tranquil rest.
As down the steep they madly pour,
Or catch their softer melody
Upon the breezes wild and free,
When wearily the river's breast
Smooths out its folds in tranquil rest.
I love to watch the silver light
Beneath the mantle of the night,
When, rich and mellow over all,
A flood of dancing moonbeams fall,
And every meteor and star
Is blazing in its realm afar.
Beneath the mantle of the night,
When, rich and mellow over all,
A flood of dancing moonbeams fall,
And every meteor and star
Is blazing in its realm afar.
In love's sweet season, in this shade
Long years ago I wooed a maid;
A maiden fair as any flower
That ever bloomed in Eden's bower,
And two young hearts beat tenderly,
Beside the river on the lea.
Long years ago I wooed a maid;
A maiden fair as any flower
That ever bloomed in Eden's bower,
And two young hearts beat tenderly,
Beside the river on the lea.
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