I Watch for Thee

I Watch for Thee

I watch for thee when parting day
Sheds on the earth a lingering ray;
When his last blushes o'er the rose
A richer tint of crimson throws,
And every flowert's leaves are curled
Like beauty shrinking from the world;
When silence reigns o'er lawn and lea,
Then, dearest love, I watch for thee.

I watch for thee when eve's first star
Shines dimly in the heaven's afar.
And twilight and the shadows grey
Upon the lake's broad waters play,
When not a breeze or sound is heard,
To startle evening's lonely bird,
But hushed is e'n the humming bee,
Then, dearest love, I watch for thee.

Unattributed

1:19, p. 1

11.26.1859