Moriens Superstiti

1. 1The hour-bell sounds, and I must go;
2. 2Death waits--again I hear him calling;--
3. 3No cowardly desires have I,
4. 4Nor will I shun his face appalling.
5. 5I die in faith and honour rich--
6. 6But ah! I leave behind my treasure
7. 7In widowhood and lonely pain;--
8. 8To live were surely then a pleasure!
9. 9My lifeless eyes upon thy face
10. 10Shall never open more to-morrow;
11. 11To-morrow shall thy beauteous eyes
12. 12Be closed to Love, and drown'd in Sorrow;
13. 13To-morrow Death shall freeze this hand,
14. 14And on thy breast, my wedded treasure,
15. 15I never, never more shall live;--
16. 16Alas! I quit a life of pleasure.