Francisca
by George Gordon, Lord Byron
(From Hebrew Melodies - 1815)
- Francisca walks in the shadow of night,
- But it is not to gaze on the heavenly light
- But if she sits in her garden bower,
- Tis not for the sake of its blowing flower.
- She listensbut not for the nightingale
- Though her ear expects as soft a tale.
- There winds a step through the foliage thick,
- And her cheek grows paleand her heart beats quick.
- There whispers a voice thro the rustling leaves,
- A moment moreand they shall meet
- Tis pasther Lovers at her feet.
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