is 4 fonsnd Sb mgiirs a" ¥ o a --- 3 3s ols Silence! his foot on the path of her dreaming-- A silence and pause at the symbol and sign-- One little berry has dropt from the green-bough. Dropt like a bead from a goblet of wine, Or the welcome that falls from her lips with a curtsy=---- Her curtsy and lips that are tender and sweet As the grace of the leaves from the quiver of Cupid, Or the berry that falls to the grace of her feet! "wn Lr iis vt oll od 3d H i 7 ] FH 3 HALF of her beauty her faith in his ardor, : i > RAR oD "ay. Sir impetuous!--Think you to gather Half of her faith in the berries above, a s The rose of desire in the winter of love ? + Last of the Druids, she waits for his coming fo 3 J Fog - Wouldst know how the heart of a maiden is ripened === tinder the mystical symbol of love ; Tn 5 Look 10 the leaves and the berries above; . While Cupid, het ally, with quiver and yarrow" 2 ' - \ By tears of the April awakened to pity. Hidden away in the leaves of his screen, aha 7 % : : SN By dread of the lightning and thunder undone. Has tightened his bowstring and fitted an arrow Vr A NN Nk AN BI $71 | Coaxed into blossom and blush of the summer~-- To shoot from his ambush of silver and green FZ4 7 SENN At last are they ripe for the kiss of the sun! hs, wd ; ; .. Shoot! Cupid, shoot from the green of your ambush know: waited his coming, «Now, while the berries lie tender and warm-- oe ns mes (Sop to the Rt nd afe-- Warm on her fips, and ablush with his breathing, he fli the fall of ripe berries And faint as a leaf in the power of a storm | ; "The lightning has struck, and the wind of the. summer Blows in her hair from the mistletoe now ; % Shoot! ere the leaves of love's magic have withered, . And the berties untasted fall dead fromthe bough! . | A abo | ---- --------------. in. xo ra ad Sd S------------------ 5