"Call Me Thine Own" (22 May 1851)
Quand de la Nuit
performed by the Germania
from the Opera
L'ECLAIR
adapted with english words
by John Hill Hewitt, 1801-1890
Music by (Jacques Francois) Fromental (Elie) Halevy, 1799-1862
[from "La'Eclair" (opera-comique) in 1835]

Baltimore, MD: F. D. Benteen
New Orleans, LA: W. T. Mayo
Plate No. 2102
[Source: 500830@LoC]

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Original Words in French
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1.
Quand de la nuit l'epais nuage
couvrait mes yeux de son bandesu,
tu me montrais apres l'orage
l'eclatprochain d'un jour nouveau;
tu me disais, dans la souffranee,
qui vient encor nous secourir,
c'est l'esperance en l'avenir,
'sans esperance mieux vaut mourir,
c'est l'esperance en l'avenir,
sans esperance mieux vaut mourir.

2.
Grace a tes soins quand ma paipiere
En se rou-vrant a pu te voir,
J'ai condamne ta vie entiere
A la douleur, au desespoir.
Et cependant a la souffrance
La dernier bien qu'on doit ravir,
C'est l'esperance en l'avenir,
Sans esperance mieux vaut mourir,
C'est l'esperance en l'avenir,
Sans esperance mieux vaut mourir.

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English Words
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1.
Call me thy love-- call me thy dear,
Tell me again what often I hear;
Speak of the bliss that once was ours,
When laughing Time flew over flowers.
Call me not friend-- name not esteem,
Those words are too cold, heartless they seem;
Call me thy love-- breathe in mine ear,
Fresh from thy heart-- oh! call me thy dear.
Call me thy love-- breath in mine ear,
Fresh from thy heart-- oh! call me thy dear.

2.
Call me thy flower-- call me thy star,
Shining for thee near or afar;
Clouds cannot veil its gentle flame,
Thro' deepest gloom it glimmers the same.
Chide not my warmth, doubt no my love,
Call me not friend-- call me thy dove
Lo, to thy breast the trembler hath flown,
There let it rest-- call me thine own,
Lo, to thy breast the trembler hath flown,
There let it rest, oh call me thine own.