Oh! Breathe Not His Name

Lyrics

Oh! Breathe not his name! let it sleep in the shade Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed As the night dew that falls on the grass o'er his head But the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, 5 Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls Shall long keep his memory green in our souls Oh! Breathe not his name! let it sleep in the shade Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed As the night dew that falls on the grass o'er his head Grass o'er his head Grass o'er his head Grass o'er his head