Chapter I: Lover

(_Two Voices._)

Sweet maid, arise!--
Yon high bright moon,
Love’s light, alone,
Shines like thy beauty in the deep blue skies.
The winds are gone to rest;
The heavens all silent watch for thee--
This hour--this hour is blest--
Oh! haste--come down to me!

HARPER.

(_Bass--One Voice._)

I see the light, and the lattice moves,
And her dark eye looks for the youth she loves--
Sing on--sing on!
Though the harper’s old, yet the harp he bears
Has the fire of youth, for the lovers’ prayers--
Sing on--sing on--sing on!

TRIO.

Sweet love, arise!--
Yon high bright moon,
Love’s light, alone,
Shines like thy beauty in the deep blue skies.