Song - When early morn walks

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When early morn walks forth in sober grey,
     Then to my black-eyed maid I haste away;
     When evening sits beneath her dusky bow'r,
     And gently sighs away the silent hour,
     The village bell alarms, away I go,
     And the vale darkens at my pensive woe.
     To that sweet village, where my black-eyed maid
     Doth drop a tear beneath the silent shade,
     I turn my eyes; and pensive as I go
     Curse my black stars and bless my pleasing woe.
     Oft when the summer sleeps among the trees,
     Whisp'ring faint murmurs to the scanty breeze,
     I walk the village round; if at her side
     A youth doth walk in stolen joy and pride,
     I curse my stars in bitter grief and woe,
     That made my love so high and me so low.
     O should she e'er prove false, his limbs I'd tear
     And throw all pity on the burning air;
     I'd curse bright fortune for my mixèd lot,
     And then I'd die in peace and be forgot.