Echo-Song

I know a noble heart that beats For one it loves how "wildly well!" I only know for whom it beats; But I must never tell! Never tell! Hush! hark! how Echo soft repeats,-- Ah! never tell!

I know a voice that falters low, Whene'er one little name 't would say; Full well that little name I know, But that I'll ne'er betray! Ne'er betray! Hush! hark! how Echo murmurs low,-- Ah! ne'er betray!

I know a smile that beaming flies From soul to lip, with rapturous glow, And I can guess who bids it rise; But none -- but none shall know! None shall know! Hush! hark! how Echo faintly sighs-- But none shall know!