Fades the moonlight on the sea, br And the dawn is coming in — br What will this day bring for me, br This of all days, Evelyn? br Ah! to-day our hands we plight; br Life or death is in the vow; br All that earth knows of delight br Or of grief is round me now — br While the dawn-light limns the shore, br And thou in thy lonely sleep br Dream'st thy maiden dreams before br Hymen's mystery shall steep br Thy heart's fancies in mine own, br And the pulse of passion stir br With the esctasy that's known br Only to Love's worshipper.