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SUNG BY GLYCINE IN _ZAPOLYA_, ACT II. SCENE 2.
A Sunny shaft did I behold, / From sky to earth it slanted: / And poised therein a bird so bold -- / Sweet bird, thou wert enchanted!
He sunk, he rose, he twinkled, he trolled / Within that shaft of sunny mist; / His eyes of fire, his beak of gold, / All else of amethyst!
And thus he sang: "Adieu! adieu! / Love's dreams prove seldom true. / The blossoms they make no delay: / The sparkling dew-drops will not stay. / Sweet month of May, / We must away; / Far, far away! / To-day! to-day! "