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How Oft, When Watching Stars. (Savoyard Air.)

By Thomas Moore

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Oft, when the watching stars grow pale,         And round me sleeps the moonlight scene,     To hear a flute through yonder vale         I from my casement lean.     "Come, come, my love!" each note then seems to say,     "Oh, come, my love! the night wears fast away!"         Never to mortal ear             Could words, tho' warm they be,         Speak Passion's language half so clear             As do those notes to me!     Then quick my own light lute I seek,         And strike the chords with loudest swell;     And, tho' they naught to others speak,         He knows their language well.     "I come, my love!" each note then seems to say,     "I come, my love!--thine, thine till break of day."         Oh, weak the power of words,             The hues of painting dim         Compared to what those simple chords             Then say and paint to him!

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Thomas Moore

About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter best known for "Irish Melodies" (1808–1834), a collection of songs including "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms." He was the most popular poet of his era in the British Isles.

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