Poems (Welby)/Music

by Amelia Welby

For works with similar titles, see Music.

MUSIC.

O'er the bright moonlit sea
 Let music swell;
Breathe round me melody
 Where'er I dwell.

If on the ocean deep
 Lonely I roam,
Let music round me sweep—
 Music of home.

As the tones mingling float
 With the waves play,
Soothing will be each note,
 Melting away.

When mid the gladsome throng,
 Joyous I feel,
Let a rich tide of song
 Soft round me steal.

Or should my pensive heart
 Feel sad and lone,
There's nought can heal each smart
 Like music's tone.

When I am touched by death—
 On some loved breast,
Listening to music's breath
 Lull me to rest.

And when I'm borne along
 To my last sleep,
Break forth in mournful song
 Mellow and deep.

O'er the bright moonlit sea
 Let music swell,
Breathe round me melody
 Where'er I dwell.