Love

Wake up, Sweet Melody

by Thomas Moore 1779–1852

From Ballads, Songs, Etc.

Love

Wake up, sweet melody!
Now is the hour
When young and loving hearts
Feel most thy power,
One note of music, by moonlight's soft ray--
Oh, 'tis worth thousands heard coldly by day.
Then wake up, sweet melody!
Now is the hour
When young and loving hearts
Feel most thy power.

Ask the fond nightingale,
When his sweet flower
Loves most to hear his song,
In her green bower?
Oh, he will tell thee, thro' summer-nights long,
Fondest she lends her whole soul to his song.
Then wake up, sweet melody!
Now is the hour
When young and loving hearts
Feel most thy power.

MLA

Moore, Thomas. “Wake up, Sweet Melody.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/442/.

Chicago

Moore, Thomas. “Wake up, Sweet Melody.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moore/442/.

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