William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.
Oh, Come to Me When Daylight SetsThomas Moore (17791852)
O
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O’er the moonlight sea;
When Mirth’s awake, and Love begins,
Beneath that glancing ray,
With sounds of lutes and mandolins,
To steal young hearts away.
Then, come to me when daylight sets;
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O’er the moonlight sea.
Sweet! like thee and me;
When all’s so calm below, above,
In heaven and o’er the sea;
When maidens sing sweet barcarolles,
And Echo sings again
So sweet, that all with ears and souls
Should love and listen then.
So, come to me, when daylight sets;
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O’er the moonlight sea.