Fondly I’m dreaming ever of thee,

Fondly I’m dreaming ever of thee.

Ever of thee, when sad and lonely,

Wandering afar, my soul joy’d to dwell;

Ah! then I felt I loved thee only;

All seem’d to fade before affection’s spell;

Years have not chill’d the love I cherish;

True as the stars hath my heart been to thee;

Ah! never till life, &c.