When eve's last rays in twilight die

When eve's last rays in twilight die

And stars are seen along the sky,

On Liffy's banks I stray;

And there with fond I regret I gaze,

Where oft I've pass'd the fleeting days

With her that's far away.

When she would sing some lovely strain,

How sweet the echoes gave again

In fainter notes the lay;

Tho' mute the echoes of the grove,

In fancy still I hear my love.

Though now she's far away.

Her from the stream reflected clear,

And still it seem'd, when she was near,

To move with fond delay;

But though its wave no trace retains,

Her image in my heart remains,

Tho' now she's far away.