Different Emotions on the Same Spot
The Maiden.
I’VE seen him before me!
What rapture steals o’er me!
Oh heavenly sight!
He’s coming to meet me;
Perplex’d，I retreat[74]me，
With shame take to flight.
My mind seems to wander!
Ye rocks and trees yonder,
Conceal ye my rapture.
Conceal my delight!
The Youth.
’Tis here I must find her,
’Twas here she enshrined[75]her，
Here vanish’d from sight.
She came,as to meet me,
Then fearing to greet me,
With shame took to flight.
Is’t hope?Do I wander?
Ye rocks and trees yonder,
Disclose ye[76]the loved one，
Disclose my delight!
The Languishing
O’er my sad,fate I sorrow,
To each dewy morrow[77]，
Veil’d here from man’s sight
By the many mistaken,
Unknown and forsaken,
Here I wing my flight!
Compassionate[78]spirit！
Let none ever hear it,—
Conceal my affliction[79]，
Conceal thy delight!
The Hunter.
To-day I’m rewarded;
Rich booty’s afforded
By Fortune so bright.
My servant the pheasants[80]，
And hares[81]fit for presents
Takes homeward at night;
Here see I enraptured
In nets the birds captured!—
Long life to the hunter!
Long live his delight!
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