The minstrel's curse

Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. · 1937

“‘When nightly my wild harp I bring To wake all its music for thee, So sweet looks that face while I sing, To reason no longer I’m free. I forget thou art queen of the land-- ’Tis thy beauty alone that I see: And, trembling at touch of thy hand, All else is forgotten by me! “‘The spell is upon me in sleep, In the region of dreams thou art mine! I wake--but, ah! ’tis to weep, And the hope of my slumbers resign. Ah! hadst thou been less than thou art, Or I more deserving of thee, Thou mightst have been queen of my heart, Thou mightst have been all things to me!’”…

Read free — original

Or read it translated: 日本語 · 中文 · हिन्दी · Español · العربية · Français · বাংলা · Português · Русский · Bahasa Indonesia · اردو · Deutsch · Kiswahili · 한국어

Lindy Books — 63,242 public-domain books that survived, free forever. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Browse the library