Not on the sea, not on the sea! Thy bark hath long been gone: Oh, may the storm that pours on me, Full swiftly blew the swift Siroc, Now thou art safe; nay, long ere now And since I now remember thee Do thou, amid the fair white walls, At times from out her latticed halls Then think upon Calypso's isles, To others give a thousand smiles, And when the admiring circle mark The paleness of thy face, A half-form'd tear, a transient spark Again thou 'It smile, and blushing shun Some coxcomb's raillery; Nor own for once thou thought'st of one Who ever thinks on thee. Though smile and sigh alike are vain, My spirit flies o'er mount and main, "MAID OF ATHENS." Ζώη μοῦ, σάς ἀγαπῶ. MAID of Athens, ere we part, By those tresses unconfined, By that lip I long to taste; By all the token-flowers that tell What words can never speak so well; NAY, smile not at my sullen brows; Shouldst weep, and haply weep in vain. And dost thou ask, what secret woe And wilt thou vainly seek to know It is not love, it is not hate, Nor low Ambition's honors lost, It is that weariness which springs Thine eyes have scarce a charm for me. It is that settled, ceaseless gloom What Exile from himself can flee? To zones, though more and more remote, Still, still pursues, where'er I be, The blight of life the demon thought. Yet others wrapt in pleasure seem, Through many a clime 't is mine to go, Whate'er betides, I 've known the worst. What is that worst? Nay do not ask · In pity from the search forbear; Smile on nor venture to unmask Man's heart, and view the Hell that 's there. "ONE STRUGGLE MORE." "ONE struggle more," and I am free From pangs that rend my heart in twain; One last long sigh to love and thee, It suits me well to mingle now With things that never pleased before: Though every joy is fled below, What future grief can touch me more? Then bring me wine, the banquet bring; Thou 'rt nothing, all are nothing now. In vain my lyre would lightly breathe! Though pleasure fires the maddening soul, The heart the heart is lonely still! On many a lone and lovely night |