Thomas Moore (1779-1852). Oh, Come to Me When Daylight Sets. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1909. The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909.

Oh, Come to Me When Daylight Sets

By Thomas Moore (1779–1852)


OH, come to me when daylight sets;
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O’er the moonlight sea;
When Mirth’s awake, and Love begins,	5
Beneath that glancing ray,
With sounds of lutes and mandolins,
To steal young hearts away.
Then, come to me when daylight sets;
Sweet! then come to me,	10
When smoothly go our gondolets
O’er the moonlight sea.

Oh, then’s the hour for those who love,
Sweet! like thee and me;
When all’s so calm below, above,	15
In heaven and o’er the sea;
When maidens sing sweet barcarolles,
And Echo sings again
So sweet, that all with ears and souls
Should love and listen then.	20
So, come to me, when daylight sets;
Sweet! then come to me,
When smoothly go our gondolets
O’er the moonlight sea.