Lay tones of love so deep,

Whose eye o’er all my youth hath smiled—

I leave thee! let me weep!

Mother! I leave thee! On thy breast

Pouring out joy and woe,

I have found that holy place of rest

Still changeless—yet I go!

Lips, that have lull’d me with your strain!

Eyes, that have watch’d my sleep!

Will earth give love like yours again?—