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I. LOVE : PERSONAL
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No. 66. O ihoiL pale Orb that silent shines.
Tune: Scots Queen. Scots Musical Museum, 1788, No. 190.
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O thou pale Orb that si - lent shines Wliile care - un - trou - bled
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mor - tals sleep ! Thou see'st a wretch who in - ly pines, And wan
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ders here to wail and weep! With woe I night-ly
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warm - ingbeam; And mourn, in
ta - tion deep, How life and love are all a dream
men - ta - tion deep. How life aiTd love are
O THOU pale Orb that silent shines
While care-untroubled mortals sleep !
Thou seest a wretch who inly pines,
And wanders here to wail and weep !
With woe I nightly vigils keep,
Beneath thy wan, unwarming beam ;
And mourn, in lamentation deep,
How life and love are all a dream !
O, thou bright Queen, who o'er th'expanse
Now highest reign'st with boundless sway!
Oft has thy silent-marking glance
Observ'd us, fondly-wan'dring, stray !
The time, unheeded, sped away,
While Love's luxurious pulse beat high,
Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray,
To mark the mutual-kindling eye.
O Scenes in strong remembrance set !
Scenes, never, never to return !
Scenes if in stupor I forget,
Again I feel, again I burn !
From ev'ry joy and pleasure torn.
Life's weary vale I'll wander thro',
And hopeless, comfortless, I'll mourn
A faithless woman's broken vow,
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