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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 487 |
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Soft and fierce as a pantheress,
Dream of my longing, and wreck of soul, I never knew love till I loved you, enchantress!
At first, when I knew you, 'twas'only flirtation,
The touch of a lip and the flash of an eye; But 'tis different now—'tis desperation ! I worship before you I curse and adore you, And without you I'd die. Wirrasthrue ! I wish 'twas again The happy time when I cared little about you, Could do well without you, But would just laugh and view you; 'Tis little I knew you !
Oh ! terrible darling, How have you sought me, Enchanted, and caught me ? See, now, where you've brought me — To sleep by the roadside, and dress out in rags. Think how you found me; Dreams come around me — The dew of my childhood and life's morning beam; Now I sleep by the roadside, a wretch all in rags. My heart that sang merrily when I was young
Swells up like a billow and bursts in despair; And the wreck of my hopes on sweet memory flung, And cries on the air,
Are all that is left of the dream. |
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