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“Dying? I am not dying? Are you mad?You think I need to ask for heavenly grace?I think you are a fiend, who would be gladTo see me struggle in death’s cold embrace.
“But, man, you lie! for I am strong—in truthStronger than I have been in years; and soonI shall feel young again as in my [...]
We plucked a red rose, you and I,All in the summer weather;Sweet its perfume and rare its bloom,Enjoyed by us together.The rose is dead, the summer fled,And bleak winds are complaining;We dwell apart, but in each heartWe find the thorn remaining.
We sipped a sweet wine, you and I,All in the summer weather.The beaded draught we [...]
[This recitation is intended to be given with an accompaniment of waltz music, introducing dance-steps at the refrain “With one, two, three,” etc.]
A giddy young maiden with nimble feet,Heigh-ho! alack and alas!Declared she would far rather dance than eat,And the truth of it came to pass.For she danced all day and she danced all night;She [...]
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