When shall we all meet again?
When shall we all meet again?
Oft shall glowing hope expire,
Oft shall wearied love retire,
Oft shall death and sorrow reign,
Ere we all shall meet again.
Tho in distant lands we sigh,
Parched beneath a hostile sky,
Tho the deep between us rolls,
Friendship shall unite our souls;
And in fancy’s wide domain,
Oft shall we all meet again.
When our burnished locks are gray,
Thinned by many’a toilspent day,
When around the youthful pine
Moss shall creep and ivy twine;
Long may the loved bow’r remain,
Ere we all shall meet again.
