The hawthorn with the woodbine ’twin’d Presents their sweets to thee, And every balmy breath of wind Is filled with harmony: A truly fond and faithful heart Is all I offer thee, And must I from your face depart, A prey to misery. Then share my cottage, gentle maid, It only waits for thee, To add fresh sweetness to its shade, And happiness to me. * * * * * [Illustration: a man beside a tree trunk of large girth beneath a night sky with stars and full moon. Song title, poet and composer names in fancy script] “STARS OF THE SUMMER NIGHT.” WORDS BY LONGFELLOW, MUSIC BY H. KLEBER. Published by permission of LEE & WALKER, 188 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, _Publishers and Importers of Music and Musical Instruments_. [Illustration: Musical Score] Stars of the summer night, Far, far in your azure [Illustration: Musical Score] deeps; Hide, hide your golden light, She sleeps, my lady sleeps. Moon of the summer night, Far, down yon western steeps, Sink, sink in silver light, She sleeps, my lady sleeps, my lady sleeps. SECOND VERSE. Wind of the summer night, Where yonder woodbine creeps, Fold, fold thy pinions light, She sleeps, my lady sleeps. Dreams of the summer night, Tell her, her lover keeps watch, While in slumbers bright She sleeps, my lady sleeps. * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Obvious typesetting and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook. Brief descriptions of illustrations without caption have been provided in the plain text version of this ebook.