There ’s joy in the hopeful morning,
There ’s peace in the parting day,
There ’s sorrow with every lover
Whose true love is far away.
To thee, my Love, to thee—
So fain would I come to thee!
And the water ’s bright in a still moonlight,
As I look across the sea.
There ’s peace in the parting day,
There ’s sorrow with every lover
Whose true love is far away.
To thee, my Love, to thee—
So fain would I come to thee!
And the water ’s bright in a still moonlight,
As I look across the sea.
I call,—thou repliest no word.
Oh, why should heart-longing be weaker
Than the waving wings of a bird!
To thee, my Love, to thee—
So fain would I come to thee!
For the tide ’s at rest from east to west,
And I look across the sea.