And thus he sang: 'Adieu! adieu!
Love's dreams prove seldom true. [10]
The blossoms they make no delay:
The sparkling dew-drops will not stay.
Sweet month of May,
We must away;
Far, far away! 15
To-day! to-day!'
1815.
FOOTNOTES:
[426:1] First published in Zapolya, 1817 (Act ii, Scene i, ll. 65-80). First collected in 1844. Two MSS. are extant, one in the possession of Mr. John Murray (MS. M.), and a second in the possession of the Editor (MS. S. T. C.). For a prose version of Glycine's Song, probably a translation from the German, vide Appendices of this edition.
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[Title]] Sung by Glycine in Zapolya 1893: Glycine's Song MS. M.
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A pillar grey did I behold MS. S. T. C.
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