Show To Viola WHEN thou dost sing sing Ramona dear I listen scarcely breathing My pulses throb the flowing tear I Steals silent downward leaving downward leaving My soul oppressed With thoughts so sad and lonely dear As tho the rising rising falling falling 1 Of echo moaning ghostly drear Was ever faintly calling T 4 Oer O'er mountain crest I Ramona Ramona- Ramona 1 I J When thou dost sing sing Ramona love I feel my hearts heart's s hushed beating I seem to hear from above The whir of spirits spirits fleeting fleeting So rapidly To earth as tho the sad sweet song Through space reverberating I Did st reach in in the angel throng This echo thus creating So mournfully Ramona Ramona When thou dost sing sing Ramona dear I feel as tho I m Im m dreaming j jI I seem to see Lesandro near I His eyes with sorrow gleaming In mute despair despair despair- And borne along upon the breeze His moans and plaintive crying crying- crying crying- The sobbing of the trees Breath forth a dismal sighing Through all the air i II Majella Majella 1 When thou dost sing sing Ramona love I tremble tremble scarce scarce believing The sound comes not from Him above above above- So o real yet so deceiving I dream I Ive I've ve neared The mount where lies the sacred place place place- Where Natures Nature's s heart was throbbing For a soul divine with grace grace- grace grace- And he this word was sobbing sobbing- sobbing sobbing- 1 So wild so 50 o weird Majella Majella I X J Chester r A Ames es |