Come, walk with me
There's only thee to bless my spirit now
We used to love o winter nights to wander through the snow
Can we not woo back old delights?
The clouds rush dark and wild
They fleck with shade our mountain heights,the same as long ago
And on the horizon rest at last,in looming masses piled
While moonbeams flash and fly so fast,we scarce can say they smiled
Come walk with me,come walk with me,we were not once so few
But Death has stolen our company as sunshine steals the dew
He took them one by one and we are left the only two
So closer would my feelings twine because they have no stay but thine
'Nay call me not - it may not be.Is human love so true?
Can Friendship's flower droop on for years and then revive anew?
No,though the soil be wet with tears.How fair soe'er it grew
The vital sap once perished will never flow again and surer than that dwelling dread
The narrow dungeon of the dead,time parts the hearts of men.