BY THE GASPEREAU
DO you remember, dear, a night in June,So long, so long ago,When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,Beside the Gaspereau?The river plashed and gurgled thro' its glooms,Slow stealing to the sea,A silver serpent; in the apple bloomsThe soft air rustled free.And o'er the river from afar the soundOf mellow tinkling bellsFrom browsing cattle stirred the echo roundIn gentle falls and swells.No sound of human sorrow, nor of mirth,Streamed on that peace abroad,And all the night leaned low upon the earthLike the calm face of God.And in our hearts there breathed, like life, a breathOf most delicious pain:It seemed a whisper ran from birth to death,And back to birth again,And bound in airy chains our shining hours,Past, present, and to come,In one sweet whole, strong to defy the powersOf change, till Time be dumb.Yes, you remember, dear, that night in June,So long, so long ago,When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,Beside the Gaspereau.
DO you remember, dear, a night in June,So long, so long ago,When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,Beside the Gaspereau?The river plashed and gurgled thro' its glooms,Slow stealing to the sea,A silver serpent; in the apple bloomsThe soft air rustled free.And o'er the river from afar the soundOf mellow tinkling bellsFrom browsing cattle stirred the echo roundIn gentle falls and swells.No sound of human sorrow, nor of mirth,Streamed on that peace abroad,And all the night leaned low upon the earthLike the calm face of God.And in our hearts there breathed, like life, a breathOf most delicious pain:It seemed a whisper ran from birth to death,And back to birth again,And bound in airy chains our shining hours,Past, present, and to come,In one sweet whole, strong to defy the powersOf change, till Time be dumb.Yes, you remember, dear, that night in June,So long, so long ago,When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,Beside the Gaspereau.
DO you remember, dear, a night in June,So long, so long ago,When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,Beside the Gaspereau?
DO you remember, dear, a night in June,
So long, so long ago,
When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,
Beside the Gaspereau?
The river plashed and gurgled thro' its glooms,Slow stealing to the sea,A silver serpent; in the apple bloomsThe soft air rustled free.
The river plashed and gurgled thro' its glooms,
Slow stealing to the sea,
A silver serpent; in the apple blooms
The soft air rustled free.
And o'er the river from afar the soundOf mellow tinkling bellsFrom browsing cattle stirred the echo roundIn gentle falls and swells.
And o'er the river from afar the sound
Of mellow tinkling bells
From browsing cattle stirred the echo round
In gentle falls and swells.
No sound of human sorrow, nor of mirth,Streamed on that peace abroad,And all the night leaned low upon the earthLike the calm face of God.
No sound of human sorrow, nor of mirth,
Streamed on that peace abroad,
And all the night leaned low upon the earth
Like the calm face of God.
And in our hearts there breathed, like life, a breathOf most delicious pain:It seemed a whisper ran from birth to death,And back to birth again,
And in our hearts there breathed, like life, a breath
Of most delicious pain:
It seemed a whisper ran from birth to death,
And back to birth again,
And bound in airy chains our shining hours,Past, present, and to come,In one sweet whole, strong to defy the powersOf change, till Time be dumb.
And bound in airy chains our shining hours,
Past, present, and to come,
In one sweet whole, strong to defy the powers
Of change, till Time be dumb.
Yes, you remember, dear, that night in June,So long, so long ago,When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,Beside the Gaspereau.
Yes, you remember, dear, that night in June,
So long, so long ago,
When we were lovers, wandering with the moon,
Beside the Gaspereau.