Goddess Presiding Over Solitude

Goddess presiding over solitude,

Kind shade, o' melancholy deity,

Draw near, and take this joy away from me,

For it perturbs my heart's soft quietude.

Goddess...

Do not deprive, o' Nymph, my inward mood

Of the sweet sadness of your company,

For she must sigh for you unceasingly

Whose only solace in your love's imbued.

Goddess presiding over solitude

Goddess... [2x]

Without her sorrow piercing deeper still

Pay heed, o' Nymph, to what I beg you.

For she must sigh for you unceasingly

Whose only solace in your love's imbued

Delay the moment not a moment more,

The sweet sad days that I so sadly fill.

Goddess presiding over solitude

Goddess...