Nine popular songs/My Heart and Lute

MY HEART AND LUTE.

I give thee all, I can no more,
⁠Though poor the off’ring be;
My heart and lute are all the store
⁠That I can bring to thee.
A lute whose gentle soul reveals
⁠The soul of love full well;
And, better far, a heart that feels
⁠Much more than lute can tell.
⁠⁠I give thee all, &c.

Though love and song may fail, alas!
⁠To keep life’s clouds away,
At least ’twill make them lighter pass,
⁠Or gild them if they stay.
If ever care his discord flings
⁠O’er life’s enchanted strain,
Let love but gently touch the strings,
⁠’Twill all be sweet again.
⁠⁠I give thee all, &c.