Bid me not forget
Haydn, Joseph
Bid me not forget thy smile,
Nor the radiance of thine eye;
Think, alas! how hard the toil!
Mem'ry, then, my love must die.
Thee I view in ev'ry bloom;
Hear in groves thy voice divine;
Thus each scene, where'er I roam,
Paints the charms that once were mine.