Twas foolish and vain, Yet when shall we drink of Such glory again. Where hope first beguiled us, And spells o'er us cast, And told us her visions, Of beauty would last, That earth was an Eden, Untainted with guile, And men were not destined To sorrow... The Emigrant: And Other Poems - Página 178por Alexander McLachlan - 1861 - 236 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alexander McLachlan - 1861 - 262 páginas
...long sigh of sorrow. A birth and a death, With a flutter between ; All fleeting as breath — Tell me, what does it mean ? a WHERE'ER WE MAY WANDER....'Twas foolish and vain, Yet when shall we drink of WHERE ER WE MAY WANDER. Where hope first beguiled us, And spells o'er us cast, And told us her visions,... | |
| Edward Hartley Dewart - 1864 - 316 páginas
...a fond " good-night " ? WHEKE'EE WE MAY WANDER. ALEX. M'LACIILAN. Where'er we may wander, Whate'er be our lot, The heart's first affections Still cling...breast. Where love first allured us, And fondly we fiung On the magical music Which fell from her tongue, Tho' wise ones may tell us, 'Twas foolish and... | |
| Edward Hartley Dewart - 1864 - 334 páginas
...AЫХ. M'LAOUAs. Where'er wo may wander, Whate'er ho our lot, The heart's first affeetions < Stlll eling to the spot Where first a fond mother With rapture has prest, Or sung us to slumher, In peaee on her hreast. Where lore first allured us, And fondly we hung On the magieal musie... | |
| John Dawson Ross - 1889 - 232 páginas
...poems on these subjects. He begins one: " Where'er we may wander, Whate'er be our lot The heart's'first affections, Still cling to the spot Where first a...prest, Or sung us to slumber In peace on her breast." But the finest specimen of all, is his well-known poem entitled, " Old Hannah," a poem so real and... | |
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