My head upon thy lap
Love, let me lie
I am wounded and without thee I shall die
Love me and love me love
Till I am well
Gabriel
Turn on me sweetly till my soul have ease Thy
evening eyes that seem to bring forth ease
Wherefrom the tender years are quick to quell Gabriel
Ah,
for an
everlasting
afternoon
Lift up thine eyes, lest sunset come too
soon With the long tolling
of the vesper bell
Gabriel
The sweet slow sleepy solemn sounds
That seem like incantations half heard in a dream
Oh,
sad eyed sirens singing Some strange sea spell Gabriel
Sing me to sleep
while the long
shadow wanes
Sing to me the songs of childhood come again
With thy sweet eyes that all ill thoughts repel Gabriel
My hands upon my head Ah, would
that with the sun set I were dead
Having lived for one sweet hour Too sweet to tell,
Gabriel
Having lived for one sweet hour Too sweet to tell,
Gabriel
Having lived for one
sweet hour
Too sweet to tell, Gabriel
Having
lived for one sweet hour Too
sweet to tell, Gabriel
Living no longer than the lingering
light
See thy sweet eyes slowly sink from sight
While the slant shadows sound
my dying knell Gabriel
While the slant shadows sound
my dying knell Gabriel