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First Line: One goblet more I drink to thee
Last Line: My little maid, good-night!
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation


ONE goblet more I drink to thee,
Thou fair and foreign strand;
No sadder could this parting be
Wert thou my native land.

Farewell, farewell! The sails are spread,
The wind blows fresh and free;
Its trail of foam the keel has led
Along the deep-green sea.

Now sinks the sun 'mid islets fair,
And rose-red shines the sky;
'Twas in the hut that glimmers there
We said our last good-bye.

And oh! how gladly would I stay,
Thou lovely child, with thee!
In vain! the vision fades away
That was so fair to see.

For this is life -- to come, to go,
To haste o'er sea and shore,
The joys of rest awhile to know,
Then part for evermore.

Loved for a time, forgotten quite,
But mutely loving yet --
Is it the dazzling sunset light
That makes my eyes so wet?

'Tis past! I dash the tear away,
And joy with grief has flown;
This restless heart, where'er I stray,
Must beat henceforth alone.

Well, be it so! Far o'er the main
The moon's first ray is bright;
The coast recedes -- Yet once again,
My little maid, good-night!






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