No enchantment, we ween, on earth is known

Like the magic of such an hour.

’Tis sweet when the night by the moon is graced

To wander with her we love;

Or to sit with our arm around her waist,

While we coax from her hand the glove;

And to teaze in a whisper for one sweet kiss

Till we gain the darling boon!

Oh! for making love ne’er a time like this—

By the light of the August moon.