"TIS WHEN THE CUP IS SMILING. Italian Air. I. 'Tis when the cup is smiling before us, And we pledge round to hearts that are true, boy, true, That the sky of this life o'er opens us, And Heaven gives a glimpse of its blue. Talk of Adam in Eden reclining, We are better, far better off thus, boy, thus;. II. When on one side the grape-juice is dancing, I care not how fast it goes on, boy, on, And such eyes light the waves as they run. WHERE SHALL WE BURY OUR SHAME? Neapolitan Air. I. WHERE shall we bury our shame? Oppression will cease when we're gone; But the dishonour, the stain, Die as we may, will live on. II. Was it for this we sent out Liberty's cry from our shore? Thus to live cowards and slaves, VOL. IV. 13 NE'ER TALK OF WISDOM'S GLOOMY SCHOOLS. Mahratta Air. I. NE'ER talk of Wisdom's gloomy schools; Give me the sage who's able To draw his moral thoughts and rules From the bumper that but crowns his glass, II. The diamond sleeps within the mine, The pearl beneath the water, While Truth, more precious, dwells in wine, Oh! none like him obtain her, Who thus can, like Leander, swim Through sparkling floods to gain her! HERE SLEEPS THE BARD! Highland Air. HERE sleeps the Bard who knew so well Sleep, mute Bard! unheeded now. The storm and zephyr sweep thy lifeless brow ;That storm, whose rush is like thy martial lay; That breeze which, like thy love-song, dies away! END OF VOLUME IV. |