25 шотландских народных песен (25 Schottische Lieder): № 3 «O sweet were the hours».

Создано: 1817.

Исполняемый текст (оригинал):
O sweet were the hours
When in mirth’s frolic throng
I led up the... Читать дальше

25 шотландских народных песен (25 Schottische Lieder): № 3 «O sweet were the hours».

Создано: 1817.

Исполняемый текст (оригинал):
O sweet were the hours
When in mirth’s frolic throng
I led up the revels
With dance and with song;
When brisk from the fountain
And bright as the day,
My spirits o’erflow’d
And ran sparkling away!
Wine! Wine! Wine!
Come bring me wine to cheer me,
Friend of my heart!
Come pledge me hig!
Wine! Till the dreams of youth
Again are near me,
Why must they leave me,
Tell me, why?
Return, ye sweet hours!
Once again let me see
Your airly light forms
Of enchantment and glee;
Come, give an old friend,
While he crowns his gay glass,
A nod as you part
And a smile as you pass
I cannot forget you,
I would not resign,
There’s health in my pulse,
And a spell in my wine;
And sunshine in Autumn,
Tho’ passing too soon,
Is sweeter and dearer
Than sunshine in June.

William Smyth (1765-1849)

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