EVELEEN'S BOWER.
I.
Oh! weep for the hour,
When to Eveleen's bower
The Lord of the valley with false vows came;
The moon hid her light
From the heavens that night,
Arid wept behind her clouds o'er the maiden's shame.
The clouds past soon
From the chaste, cold moon,
And heaven smiPd again with her vestal flame;
But none will see the day,
When the clouds shall pass away,
Which that dark hour left upon Eveleen's fame.
II.
The white snow lay
On the narrow path-way,
Where the Lord of the valley crost over the moor;
And many a deep print
On the white snow's tint
Shew'd the track of his foot-step to Eveleen's door.
The next sun's ray
Soon melted away
Every trace on the path where the false Lord came;
But there's a light above,
Which alone can remove
That stain upon the snow of fair Eveleen's fame.