O, how in our waning days br We love more tenderly and more obsessively. . . br Shine on, shine on, the parting rays br Of our last love, our setting sun! br Shadow's embraced the heavens, br A glow still wanders in the West,- br Hold back, hold back, o dying day, br Prolong, prolong enchantment. br The blood may thin within our veins, br But in our hearts some tenderness still reigns. . . br O you, our final love! br You are both paradise and bane.