She Sat and Sang Alway

Song.

She sat and sang alway / By the green margin of a stream, / Watching the fishes leap and play / Beneath the glad sunbeam.

I sat and wept alway / Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam, / Watching the blossoms of the May / Weep leaves into the stream.

I wept for memory; / She sang for hope that is so fair: / My tears were swallowed by the sea; / Her songs died on the air.