The Lament

O thou pale orb that silent shines While care-untroubled mortals sleep Thou seest a wretch who inly pines And wanders here to wail and weep With woe I nightly vigils keep Beneath thy wan, unwarming beam And mourn, in lamentation deep How life and love are all a dream O thou bright queen, who o'er th'expanse Now highest reign'st, with boundless sway Oft has thy silent-marking glance Observ'd us, fondly-wand'ring, stray The time, unheeded, sped away While love's luxurious pulse beat high Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray To mark the mutual-kindling eye O thou pale orb that silent shines While care-untroubled mortals sleep Thou seest a wretch who inly pines And wanders here to wail and weep With woe I nightly vigils keep Beneath thy wan, unwarming beam And mourn, in lamentation deep How life and love are all a dream