Isabella Valancy Crawford - We Parted in Silence

Lyrics

We parted in silence, we parted by night On the banks of that lonely river; Where the fragrant limes their boughs unite We met--and we parted forever! The night-bird sung, and the stars above Told many a touching story Of friends long passed to the kingdom of love Where the soul wears its mantle of glory We parted in silence,--our cheeks were wet With the tears that wеre past controlling; We vowed wе would never, no, never forget And those vows at the time were consoling; But those lips that echoed the sounds of mine Are as cold as that lonely river; And that eye, that beautiful spirit's shrine Has shrouded its fires forever And now on the midnight sky I look And my heart grows full of weeping; Each star is to me a sealèd book Some tale of that loved one keeping We parted in silence,--we parted in tears On the banks of that lonely river: But the odor and bloom of those bygone years Shall hang o'er its waters forever