Felicia Hemans in The New Monthly Magazine Volume 40 1834/Sing, Gondolier!
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The New Monthly Magazine, Volume 40, Page 292
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Sing, Gondolier!
Sing to me, Gondolier!
Sing words from Tasso's lay;
While pure, and still, and clear,
Night seems but softer day.
The gale is gently falling,
As if it paused to hear
Some strain, the past recalling;—
Sing to me, Gondolier!
Oh! ask me not to wake
Proud spirits of the brave;
Bid no high numbers break
The silence of the wave!
Gone are the noble-hearted,
Closed the bright pageants here;
And the glad song is departed
From the mournful Gondolier!