a 1922 popular song words by Kurt Schindler music by Juan Montes
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When I think that thou hast left me
Blessed shade that I hold dearest
Near my lonely bed at midnight
Ever haunting thou appearest
E’en in noonday’s radiant sunshine
Lo! thy spirit haunts and teases
Nay! thine eyes are in the starlight
Hark! thy voice speaks from the breezes
Where music sounds, ’tis thy singing
Where tears are shed, thou art crying
The murm’ring brook seems thy whisper
And the wind at dawn thy sighing
In everything thou art ever
And to my soul thou art nearest
Within mine eyes thou are graven
If I close them, thou appearest
Nor shalt ever thou forsake me
Blessed shade that I hould dearest
All the world is but thy semblance
All grows dim when thou appearest
Nor shalt ever thou forsake me
Blessed shade that I hold dearest