I'll twine 'mid the ringlets of raven black hair The lilies so pale and the roses so fair And the myrtle so bright with an emerald hue The pale amaryllis and violets of blue I will dance, I will sing and my life will be gay I'll cease this wild weeping, drive sorrow away Tho' my heart is now breaking, he'll never know His name made me tremble, my pale cheeks to glow He told me he loved me and promis'd to love Through ill and misfortune, all others above Now another has won him, oh misery to tell He left me in silence, no word of farewell He taught me to love him, he call'd me his flower That blossom'd for him all the brighter each hour But I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay My visions of love have all faded away I'll think of him never, I'll be wildly gay I'll charm ev'ry heart and the crowd I will sway And I'll live yet to see him, regret the dark hour He won, then neglected, the frail wildwood flower