So sweet looks that face while I sing,

To reason no longer I’m free.

I forget thou art queen of the land—

’Tis thy beauty alone that I see:

And, trembling at touch of thy hand,

All else is forgotten by me!

“‘The spell is upon me in sleep,

In the region of dreams thou art mine!

I wake—but, ah! ’tis to weep,

And the hope of my slumbers resign.