The May-Dew

Come with me, love, I’m seeking
A spell in young year’s flowers;
The magical May-dew is weeping
Its charm o’er the summer bow’rs;
Its pearls are more precious than those they find
In jewell’d India’s sea;
For the dew-drops, love, might serve to bind
Thy heart, for ever, to me!
Oh come with me, love, I’m seeking
A spell in the young year’s flowers;
The magical May-dew is weeping
It’s charm o’er the summer bowers.

Haste, or the spell will be missing
We seek in the May-dew now,
For soon the warm sun will be kissing
The bright drops from the blossom and bough;
And the charm is so tender the May-dew sheds
O’er the wild flowers’ delicate dyes,
That e’en at the touch of the sunbeam, ’tis said,
The mystical influence flies.
Oh, come with me, love, I’m seeking
A spell in the young year’s flowers;
The magical May-dew is weeping
Its charm o’er the summer bowers.