ADIEU. [Translated from the German.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 290, 10 May 1848, Page 2

ADIEU. [Translated from the German.]

Friend of my heart, adieu ! God keep thee in his care ! Receive this parting sigh ; Believe this parting prayer ; And do not quite forget the few Bright hopes we've known, adieu ! adieu ! Remember vanished hours — Let memory softly dwell On one who thinks of thee , With thoughts too deep to tell — On one whose love more stedfast grew Mid' clouds and tears, adieu ! adieu ! Let gentle dreams arise, When thou art far from me, Of all the " Counsel sweet" That I have shared with thee ; Think of me still, as when we two Mingled sweet thoughts, adieu ! adieu ! Think of the heart of love That ever sprung to meet Thy slightest wish — and deemed No earthly joy so sweet As when on spirit-wings it flew To speak with thine ; adieu ! adieu ! Think of the heart of faith That watch' d with anxious pain For tidings of thy health O'er the dividing main ; Think of the loving heart and true That writes with tears — adieu ! adieu ! Though dark with many a fault The self same heart may be, It hath one spot unstained, It never err'd to thee ! These are no idle words nor new — Thou know'st their truth — adieu ! adieu ! H. M. B.