The Dying Warrior
Thomas Moore
1779 to 1852
Track 1
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In triumph down the flood,
Twas then, in life's last quiver,
The gloomy waves now cover
Her life-pulse ceased to beat;
By the Danube's leafy side,
Which, ah too quickly, bore
But, field, alas, ill-fated!
One shriek—and all was over—
A wounded Chieftain, lying
Oh! bear, thou foaming tide.
The lady saw, instead
With the drops his heart had shed.
Thus faintly said, in dying,
He flung the scarf he wore
Of the bark whose speed she waited,
And the scarf is her winding sheet!
With fond impatience burning,
Her hero's scarf, all red
The Chieftain's lady stood,
That bridal-flower so sweet.
From that day's field of blood.
To watch her love returning
This gift to my lady-bride.
That pledge of one no more!
Into the foaming river,
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