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The blushing girl, with accents mild
And gentle chidings, check'd his praise:
But still she listen'd, still she smil'd,
Whilst Albert pour'd his am'rous lays.
And gentle chidings, check'd his praise:
But still she listen'd, still she smil'd,
Whilst Albert pour'd his am'rous lays.
No hopes had they the Baron proud
Would e'er the minstrel's vows approve,
For noble youths to Sybille bow'd,
And sought the blue-eyed maiden's love.
Would e'er the minstrel's vows approve,
For noble youths to Sybille bow'd,
And sought the blue-eyed maiden's love.
Gay summer now was fading fast;
The robin twitter'd from the wood,
And scatter'd by th' autumnal blast,
The yellow leaves sail'd down the flood.
The robin twitter'd from the wood,
And scatter'd by th' autumnal blast,
The yellow leaves sail'd down the flood.
Still the fond youth his passion prest,
A smile half lit her down-cast eye,
"O! if of Sybille's heart possest,
"Albert can ev'ry care defy!
A smile half lit her down-cast eye,
"O! if of Sybille's heart possest,
"Albert can ev'ry care defy!
