Scherzando. THE GONDOLA. The Poetry by T. K. Hervey; the Music by John Rogers. The gon-do-la glides Like a spirit of night, O'er the slumbering tides In the calm moon-light: The star of the north Shows her gold- en eye, But a brighter looks forth From yon lattice on high, But a brighter looks forth From yon lattice on high. O long I've been wan - d'ring thro' val-ley and bow'rs, In seek-ing a rose, love-ly queen of all flow'rs; And ma-ny I've found ve-ry fair to the eye, But sharp piercing thorns spoil'd their ad lib. Deau - ti-ful dye, But sharp piercing thorns spoil'd their beautiful dye: And my love has declar'd, if she find but one thorn, By all that is true, she'll not wed me at ad lib. morn, not wed me at mora. O! where can I wan-der, and where can I go, To find such a trea-sure?-O! no-where, no, no! O! where can I wander, and where can I go, To find such a treasure?-O! no-where-O! no-where-O! no, no, no, no! Say, is she not cruel? such flow'rs do not blow,- But a rose without thorns, ah! believe me 'tis true, A LAY OF GREETING FROM AFAR. The Music by His Royal Highness Prince Albert; the Poetry translated from the German of Prince Ernest by William Ball.-Published by Lonsdale. ndantino. How it rustles 'mid the bowers! How it floats in whispers by! What is this that tending, Sweeps o'er wood-land, lake, and plain! Now a charm of Eden lending "To the moon's un-cloud - ed reign, To the moon's un- cloud -ed reign! O! ye airs, that softly yonder Hail each leaflet of the grove, Tell me, ye, afar that wander, Where ye greet the friend I love? Bid him, as ye hover o'er him, SAY, LITTLE FOOLISH FLUTTERING THING. go, Where, you wan-ton, could you be Half so hap-py as with me? Andante. е THERE IS NOT A BREATH. The Poetry by Delta.-The Music by Alex. D. Roche. There is not a breath on the breast of the o-cean-The sun-beams on yon - der blue waves are a-sleep- The bright fea- ther'd tribes of the sea are in mo-tion, Or bask on the ver-dure-less brow of the steep; The bark is at rest, by the breez-es for-sa-ken, And the mar- in - er anx-iously plies at the oar, Till the What's this dull town to me? What made it dear? What was't I wish'd to see-What wish'd to hear? Where's all the life and mirth That made this heav'n on earth? O, they are all fled with thee, Ro-bin Adair. O ERIN, THE LAND OF THE FAIR AND THE BOLD. Fair lake, whose bright crystal of beau - ti ful waters, Re-flect-ing the au-tumn's rich f bright-ness un-fold - ing, And foun-tains from which none but O! could the first moment when ardent affection Be pass'd near thy waters, whose glowing reflection Moderato. Methinks 'twere a boon too delicious for granting- In a moment so bless'd-'midst a scene so en. chanting To clasp his belov'd, and, in clasping her, die! m THE INVITATION. The Poetry arranged expressly for this work to an Air by Bellini. O, come, 'tis the hour thou didst pro-mise to meet me-The moon now has ris-en, the stars glimmer bright; O, come, for the night - in-gale's wait-ing to greet thee, And Fine. ush-er, with music, the fast-com - ing night. 'Tis sweet to be hold the first welcome re-turn of pros-per-i-ty's hour: But sweet-er than these are thy glances to me. O, come and behold how the beauties are growing- 'Tis only the soft evening zephyr that sighs. Then come! O delay not,-the moments are fleeting, |