SOFTLY O’ER MY MEMORY STEALING.

MUSIC COMPOSED FOR “GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE,”

BY PROFESSOR JOHN A. JANKE, Jr.

WORDS BY SAMUEL D. PATTERSON.

Softly o’er my mem’ry stealing,

Comes the light of other days,

Visions of past joys revealing,

Lit by Hope’s enchanting rays.

’Twas

in that blest time I knew thee,

And thy glance and gentle tone,

Thrill’d with magic influence through me,

Waking joys till then unknown.

SECOND VERSE.

Time has sped with ceaseless motion;

Chance and change have wrought their will—

But my heart, with fond devotion,

Clings to thee, belov’d one, still.

Nor can life yield richer pleasure,

Or a brighter gift impart,

Than the pure and priceless treasure,

Of thy fond and faithful heart.