The Daybreak

Ah me,
And can it ever be
That once more through the night
Her beauty I shall see
Shining than snow more white?
'Twas that deceived mine eyes;
I thought to see arise
The fair moon in the skies.—
And then day broke.

"Ah me,
And shall he ever see
The dawn break here again
When night is past, and we
No longer need complain,
'Alas, alas, 'tis day!'
So did he sadly say
When by me late he lay.—
And then day broke."

Ah me,
Again and yet again
She kissed me as I slept!
Her tears fell down amain,
So bitterly she wept.
Yet at my love's behest
Her sorrow she repressed,
And clasped me to her breast—
And then day broke.

"Ah me,
How many a time he gazed
Entranced upon me there!
And then the covering raised,
So that mine arms all bare
And naked he might see!
A marvel 'twas that he
So pleased thereat could be.—
And then day broke."