I heard three bells in unison

Clap out some transient heart's delight,

Time and the hour brought silence on

And the dark night.

Doth not Orion even set!

O love, love, prove true alone,

Till youthful hearts ev'n love forget,

Then, child, begone!

Printed by T. and A. Constable, (late) Printers to Her Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press