Heart not so heavy as mine

[Heart not so heavy as mine,

Wending late home --

As it passed my window

Whistled itself a tune -- ]

[A careless snatch -- a ballad --

A Ditty of the street -- ]

Yet to my irritated ear

An anodyne so sweet --

It was as if a Bobolink,

Sauntering this way,

Carolled and mused, and carolled --

Then bubbled slow away.

It was as if a chirping brook

Upon a toilsome way,

Set bleeding feet to minuets

Without the knowing why --

Tomorrow -- night will come again --

Perhaps -- tired and sore --

Oh Bugle, by the window,

I pray you stroll once more!