Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Composite volume > Songs, duets, chorusses, &c. in the new opera, in three acts, called The unknown guest

SONG— Amelia. [Kelly.]
(31iss Poole).
1 ho' gaily smiles the opening springs,
And bright the beam of summer glows,
Tho' autumn golden fruits m;iy bring,
Yet all are chill'd by winter snows.
And thus blooms Love it's little day,
Thus ripening will it's charms impart —
Awhile it smiles — awhile is gay,
'Till woe, like winter, blights the heart.
But Nature soon reviv'd appears,
In summer's beam, and autumn's store —
Not so the heart — that mourns in tears
, A Lover who returns no more.
SONG— Lisbeth. [Kelly.]
(Mrs. Bland).
I.
A Youth sat sighing all the day,
Heigh ho ! heigh ho ! said he.
He lov'd a Maid, but dared not say
" Will you marry me."
While she, with many a gallant swain,
Was dancing, flirting on the plain,
She never dreamt that all his pain
For her could be.
II.
Cupid met him in the grove —
Heigh ho! heigh ho! said he;
Then the Youth he told his love —
" She will not marry me,''
Said Cupid, he who is afraid
To tell his^passion to a Maid,
Must never hope for Cupid's aid.
Then away ilew he. -