"Love Lies A-Dying"

Come in gently, and speak low,
Love lies a-dying;
By his death-bed, standing so.
Hush, hush your crying.

Once his eyes were full of light.
Who now lies a-dying;
Round about him falls the night,
Hush, hush your crying.

Ghostly winds begin to blow,
Love lies a-dying;
Hark where distant waters flow.
Hush, hush your crying.

From a Land of Lost Delight —
Now he lies a-dying —
Visions come to haunt his sight,
Hush, hush your crying.

From a land he used to know —
Love lies a-dying —
Ghosts of dead songs come and go,
Hush, hush your crying.

Perished hopes like lilies white —
Now he lies a-dying —
Leave beside him, in Death's night,
Hush, hush your crying.

Round about him, to and fro —
Now he lies a-dying —
Phantom feet move soft and slow,
Hush, hush your crying.

Sharply once did sorrow bite, —
O Love lies a-dying! —
Tears and blood sprang warm and bright,
Hush, hush your crying.

Pain is done now; strength is low, —
Love lies a-dying, —
Let him gently languish so.
Hush, hush your crying.