Songs We Like to Sing
Published 1912
Stars of the Summer Night
Henry W. Longfellow
Stars of the summer night,
Far in you azure deeps,
Hide, hide your golden light,
She sleeps, my lady sleeps;
She sleeps, She sleeps, my lady sleeps.
Moon of the summer night,
Far down you western steeps,
Sink, sink in silver light,
She sleeps, my lady sleeps;
She sleeps, She sleeps, my lady sleeps.
Dreams of the summer night,
Tell her, her lover keeps
Watch whle, in slumbers light,
She sleeps, my lady sleeps;
She sleeps, She sleeps, my lady sleeps.
© 1999, Lynn Waterman
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