MERCY HARVEY(ST. HILDA'S)SONGForBeauty's sake I weep,Because my love is beautiful,I came upon her lying asleepWithin a bower sweet and cool.The tall trees intertwinedAnd made a bower for my love,With green shrubs nestling there behind,And a blue strip of sky above.For Beauty's sake I grieve,That Beauty soon must fade and die,As lilac blossoms fall, nor leaveOne ghostly fragrance lingering nigh.For Beauty's sake I striveFor one long moment's raptured blissTo hold her in her form aliveAnd give her one impassioned kiss.For her own sake she dies,Nor leaves behind one memory;The light out of the western skiesIs gone, and thou art gone from me.
MERCY HARVEY(ST. HILDA'S)
MERCY HARVEY(ST. HILDA'S)
ForBeauty's sake I weep,Because my love is beautiful,I came upon her lying asleepWithin a bower sweet and cool.The tall trees intertwinedAnd made a bower for my love,With green shrubs nestling there behind,And a blue strip of sky above.For Beauty's sake I grieve,That Beauty soon must fade and die,As lilac blossoms fall, nor leaveOne ghostly fragrance lingering nigh.For Beauty's sake I striveFor one long moment's raptured blissTo hold her in her form aliveAnd give her one impassioned kiss.For her own sake she dies,Nor leaves behind one memory;The light out of the western skiesIs gone, and thou art gone from me.
ForBeauty's sake I weep,Because my love is beautiful,I came upon her lying asleepWithin a bower sweet and cool.The tall trees intertwinedAnd made a bower for my love,With green shrubs nestling there behind,And a blue strip of sky above.For Beauty's sake I grieve,That Beauty soon must fade and die,As lilac blossoms fall, nor leaveOne ghostly fragrance lingering nigh.For Beauty's sake I striveFor one long moment's raptured blissTo hold her in her form aliveAnd give her one impassioned kiss.For her own sake she dies,Nor leaves behind one memory;The light out of the western skiesIs gone, and thou art gone from me.
ForBeauty's sake I weep,Because my love is beautiful,I came upon her lying asleepWithin a bower sweet and cool.The tall trees intertwinedAnd made a bower for my love,With green shrubs nestling there behind,And a blue strip of sky above.For Beauty's sake I grieve,That Beauty soon must fade and die,As lilac blossoms fall, nor leaveOne ghostly fragrance lingering nigh.For Beauty's sake I striveFor one long moment's raptured blissTo hold her in her form aliveAnd give her one impassioned kiss.For her own sake she dies,Nor leaves behind one memory;The light out of the western skiesIs gone, and thou art gone from me.
ForBeauty's sake I weep,
Because my love is beautiful,
I came upon her lying asleep
Within a bower sweet and cool.
The tall trees intertwined
And made a bower for my love,
With green shrubs nestling there behind,
And a blue strip of sky above.
For Beauty's sake I grieve,
That Beauty soon must fade and die,
As lilac blossoms fall, nor leave
One ghostly fragrance lingering nigh.
For Beauty's sake I strive
For one long moment's raptured bliss
To hold her in her form alive
And give her one impassioned kiss.
For her own sake she dies,
Nor leaves behind one memory;
The light out of the western skies
Is gone, and thou art gone from me.