Parerga/Heavily o'er us the Shadows are Closing

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PART II.

SONGS,
&c. &c.

"NON ITA CERTANDI CUPIDUS QUAM PROPTER AMOREM."


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HEAVILY O'ER US THE SHADOWS ARE CLOSING.

Air—"ROUSSEAU'S DREAM."

Heavily o'er us the shadows are closing,Dreary and chill sounds the fast-falling rain;Hence to the pillow that knows no reposing,Hence, Love, never to view thee again!Parted for everFate bids us sever,Never, oh neverTo meet, Love, again!
Never again at the long day's decayingGlad shall I watch for thy welcome of bliss,View the soft smile o'er thy gentle lip playing,Thrill 'neath the fondness that glow'd in thy kiss.Hopeless the morrowMust dawn o'er my sorrow.Why should Love borrowAnguish like this?
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O'er my cold heart when the long grass is waving,Swept by the night-breeze that sighs round my head,Mourn not for one whom them shrinkest from saving,Calm let me rest in that sorrowless bed.Misery steepingMy lone life in weeping,Harms not the sleepingThe sleep of the Dead.
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