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The sun upon
the lake is low,
The wild birds hush their song,
The hills have evening's deepest glow,
Yet Leonard
tarries long.
Now all whom varied toil and care
From home and love divide,
In the calm sunset may
repair
Each to the loved one's side.
The noble
dame, on turret high,
Who waits her gallant knight,
Looks to the western beam to spy
The flash of armour
bright.
The village maid, with hand on brow
The
level ray to shade,
Upon the footpath watches now
For Colin's darkening plaid.
Now to their mates
the wild swans row,
By day they swam apart,
And to
the thicket wanders slow
The hind beside the hart.
The woodlark at his partner's side
Twitters his
closing song -
All meet whom day and care divide,
But Leonard tarries long!
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