The undying one, and other poems |
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agony arms art thou beautiful beneath bitter blue bosom breast breath bright bright eye brow careless cheek cold curse dark daylight dies dear death deep despair didst doth dream earth echo ev'n eyes face faded faint fear feel flowers flowers wither fond gaze gentle glance gone grave grief groan halls of light hand happy hath head heard Heaven hope hour Isbal Jephthah Killala Bay land laughing light Linda lips lonely look look'd Miriam mournful murmuring neath never o'er pain pale pass'd pause rill rose round sank seem'd shadows shining bands sigh silent sleep smile soft soft eye sorrow soul sound spoke Stamp'd stood sunny sunshine sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought tone turn'd Twas twill UNDYING vainly voice wake wander wave weary weep wept wherefore wild withering woke words yearn young heart
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Page 244 - That angels are crowning that fair young browThen wherefore do we weep ? Her laughing voice made all rejoice, Who caught the happy sound ; There was gladness in her very step, As it lightly touched the ground. The echoes of voice and step are gone ; There is silence still and deep: Yet we know she sings by God's bright throne— Then wherefore do we weep...
Page 224 - That gather'd round the hearth in wintry weather? Do you remember all the happy meetings, In summer evenings round the open door — Kind looks, kind hearts, kind words, and tender greetings, And clasping hands whose pulses beat no more? Do you remember them? Do...
Page 219 - But coldness dwells within thy heart, A cloud is on thy brow. We have been friends together...
Page 219 - We have laughed at little jests. For the fount of hope was gushing Warm and joyous in our breasts. But laughter now hath fled thy lip, And sullen glooms thy brow; We have been gay together — Shall a light word part us now? We have been sad together; We have wept with bitter tears, O'er the grass-grown graves, where slumbered The hopes of early years.