Where shall the lover rest <br />Whom the fates sever <br />From the true maiden's breast, <br />Parted for ever?-- <br />Where, through groves deep and high, <br />Sounds the fair billow, <br />Where early violets die, <br />Under the willow. <br /> <br />Chorus. <br /> <br />Soft shall be his pillow. <br /> <br />There, through the summer day, <br />Cool streams are laving; <br />There, while the tempests sway, <br />Scarce are boughs waving; <br />There, thy rest shall thou take, <br />Parted for ever, <br />Never again to wake, <br />Never, O never! <br /> <br />Chorus. <br /> <br />Never, O never! <br /> <br />Where shall the traitor rest, <br />He, the deceiver, <br />Who could win maiden's breast, <br />Ruin and leave her?-- <br />In the lost battle, <br />Borne down by the flying, <br />Where mingles war's rattle <br />With groans of the dying.,P> <br /> <br />Chorus. <br /> <br />There shall he be lying. <br /> <br />Her wing shall the eagle flap <br />O'er the false hearted, <br />His warm blood the wolf shall lap, <br />Ere life be parted, <br />Shame and dishonor sit <br />By his grave ever; <br />Blessing shall hallow it,-- <br />Never, O never! <br /> <br />Chorus <br /> <br />Never, O never!<br /><br />Sir Walter Scott<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-shall-the-lover-rest/
