And there I fixed my earnest eye;
One star grew brighter to my gaze,
For me it seem’d to shed its rays;
I thought if I could soar afar,
I’d hie me to that lonely star:
Ah me! ’twas but a meteor’s light;
It fled away—that star so bright!
As carelessly I roved along,
I heard a soft, delightful song;
I turn’d aside to catch the sound,