Wildwood Flower

I'll twine 'mid the ringlets of raven black hair
 The lilies so pale and the roses so fair
 And the myrtle so bright with an emerald hue
 The pale amaryllis and violets of blue
 I will dance, I will sing and my life will be gay
 I'll cease this wild weeping, drive sorrow away
 Tho' my heart is now breaking, he'll never know
 His name made me tremble, my pale cheeks to glow
 He told me he loved me and promis'd to love
 Through ill and misfortune, all others above
 Now another has won him, oh misery to tell
 He left me in silence, no word of farewell
 He taught me to love him, he call'd me his flower
 That blossom'd for him all the brighter each hour
 But I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay
 My visions of love have all faded away
 I'll think of him never, I'll be wildly gay
 I'll charm ev'ry heart and the crowd I will sway
 And I'll live yet to see him, regret the dark hour
 He won, then neglected, the frail wildwood flower