Flood my soul with pearly rays,

Harbingers of halcyon days—

Cometh he to-night?

Flowers that lade the zephyr’s fleetness

With the burden of your sweetness,

Cheer me, calm and bright.

Sweet as you my thoughts shall spring,

When his soft-tongued whispering

Breathes o’er me to-night.

Fickle he as swallow’s glancing;