Last NightMay 1865Where were you last night? I watched at the gate;
I went down early, I stayed down late.
Were you snug at home, I should like to know,
Or were you in the coppice wheedling…
Life and DeathLife is not sweet. One day it will be sweet
To shut our eyes and die:
Nor feel the wild flowers blow, nor birds dart by
With flitting butterfly,
Nor grass grow long above…
Light Love'Oh, sad thy lot before I came,
But sadder when I go;
My presence but a flash of flame,
A transitory glow
Between two barren wastes like snow.
What wilt thou do when I am gone…
Long BarrenThou who didst hang upon a barren tree,
My God, for me;
Though I till now be barren, now at length
Lord, give me strength
To bring forth fruit to Thee.Thou who didst bear for…
Maiden-SongLong ago and long ago,
And long ago still,
There dwelt three merry maidens
Upon a distant hill.
One was tall Meggan,
And one was dainty May,
But one was fair Margaret,
More…
Martyrs' SongWe meet in joy, though we part in sorrow;
We part to-night, but we meet to-morrow.
Be it flood or blood the path that's trod,
All the same it leads home to God:
Be it furnace-…
Maude ClareOut of the church she followed them
With a lofty step and mien:
His bride was like a village maid,
Maude Clare was like a queen.'Son Thomas,' his lady mother said,
With…
Mother CountryMarch 1868.Oh what is that country
And where can it be,
Not mine own country,
But dearer far to me?
Yet mine own country,
If I one day may see
Its spices and cedars,
Its…
My DreamHear now a curious dream I dreamed last night
Each word whereof is weighed and sifted truth. I stood beside Euphrates while it swelled
Like overflowing Jordan in its youth:
It waxed…
My FriendDec. 1864Two days ago with dancing glancing hair,
With living lips and eyes:
Now pale, dumb, blind, she lies;
So pale, yet still so fair.We have not left her yet, not yet alone…
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