• Thou wast all that to me, love,
    For which my soul did pine-
    A green isle in the sea, love,
    A fountain and a shrine,
    All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
    And all the flowers were mine.

    Ah, dream too bright to last!
    Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
    But to be overcast!
    A voice from out the Future cries,
    "On! on!"- but o'er the Past...

  • Thou wast all that to me, love,
      For which my soul did pine:
    A green isle in the sea, love,
      A fountain and a shrine
    All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
      And all the flowers were mine.

    Ah, dream too bright to last!
      Ah, starry Hope, that didst arise
    But to be overcast!
      A voice from out the Future cries,...

  • Thou wast all that to me, love,
      For which my soul did pine:
    A green isle in the sea, love,
      A fountain and a shrine
    All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
      And all the flowers were mine.

    Ah, dream too bright to last!
      Ah, starry Hope, that didst arise
    But to be overcast!
      A voice from out the Future cries,...