| Lyrics: | LORENA
The years creep slowly by, Lorena,
The snow is on the grass again;
The
sun's low down the sky, Lorena,
The frost gleams where the flowers have been.
But the
heart throbs on as warmly now
As when the summer days were nigh;
Oh, the sun can
never dip so low
A-down affection's cloudless sky.
A hundred months have
passed, Lorena,
Since last I held that hand in mine,
And felt the pulse beat fast,
Lorena,
Though mine beat faster far than thine.
A hundred months---'twas flowery
May,
When up the hilly slope we climbed,
To watch the dying of the day
And hear the distant church bells chime.
We loved each other then, Lorena,
More than we
ever dared to tell;
And what we might have been, Lorena,
Had but our loving prospered
well!
But then, 'tis past; the years have gone,
I'll not call up their shadowy
forms ;
I'll say to them, "Lost years, sleep on,
Sleep on, nor heed life's
pelting storms'"
The story of the past, Lorena,
Alas! I care not to repeat;
The
hopes that could not last, Lorena,
They lived, but only lived to cheat.
I would not
cause e'en one regret _
To rankle in your bosom now---
"For if we try we may
forget,"
Were words of thine long years ago.
Yes, these were words of thine,
Lorena---
They are within my memory yet.
They touched some tender chords,
Lorena,
Which thrill and tremble with regret.
'Twas not the woman's heart which
spoke-
Thy heart was always true to me;
A duty stern and piercing broke
The tie which linked my soul with thee.
It matters little now, Lorena,
The past is
in the eternal past;
Our hearts will soon lie low, Lorena,
Life's tide is ebbing out so
fast.
There is a future, oh, thank God!
Of life this is so small a part---
'Tis dust to dust beneath the sod.
But there, up there, 'tis heart to
heart.
Note: This was THE popular love song among Confederate troops. RG
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