ss-:.»spss^&'V. BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF Henirg HJ. Sage ^ 1891 4:...l^.ls^J.£.. jj^/- SONGS FOR MUSIC, L;^^^ The original of tliis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013291855 SONGS FOR MUSIC BY FOUR FRIENDS. HENRY S. KING AND CO., 65, Cornhill, AND 12, Paternoster Row, London. 1874. [All rights reserved?^ NOTICE. SjHE writers think it proper to state that the Musical copyright of " Hopes and Fears," and " Ah, would I could forget," belongs to Messrs. R. Cocks and Co., and that Messrs. Boosey and Co. possess the Musical copyright of " I remember," " I gave my Love a little Rose," " Apart," " Those merry walks,'' " We were Standing in the Garden," " Speed Well," " Serenade," " How many Years ago," " Midnight Bells," " Hopes and Fears," " Clouds," " Faded Rose with Withered Leaf," " Fickle Annette," " From Fleeting Pleasures," " The Blind Man's Song," and " Think on Me." INDEX. Page CHANGED Love . Greville I. Chester . 77 Ah! Would I could Forget .... Juliana H. Ewing . 32 A'Little While . . Reginald A. Gatty . 28 Apart ... . . Reginald A. Gatty . 15 Beneath the Chestnuts . . . . Greville I. Chester . 5 1 Blacksmith's Lad, The Greville I. Chester . 57 Blind Man's Song, The .... Greville I. Chester . 92 Brave Robin Greville I. Chester . 53 Burial of the Linnet, Children's Song Juliana H. Ewing . 38 Closer Yet Greville I. Chester . 62 Clouds Stephen H. Gatty . 7 Cock and the Duck. Nonsense Ballad Greville I. Chester . 80 Cruel Hours > Stephen H. Gatty . 5 Duet, The Greville I. Chester 70 INDEX. Page EUeree, The. A Song of Second Sight Juliana H. Ewing . 35 Faded Flowers Juliana H. Ewing . 40 Faded Rose with Withered Leaf . Reginald A. Gatty . 24 Fancy Free. A Girl's Song . . Juliana H. Ewing . 102 Fickle Annette Stephen H. Gatty . . 9 From Fleeting Pleasures. A Re- quiem for One Alive . . . Juliana H. Ewing . 98 Geraldine Greville I. Chester . 90 Gipsy Sweetheart, The .... Greville I. Chester . 79 Home Stephen H. Gatty . 19 Hopes and Fears Stephen H. Gatty . 1 1 How many Years ago ? . . . . Juliana H: Ewing . 43 Hurricane, The Greville I. Chester . 65 I gave my Love a little Rose . . Greville I. Chester . 45 I Remember Reginald A. Gatty . 1(3 Lazy Lilies Greville I. Chester . 86 Lily of the Lake, The Juliana H. Ewing . 96 Little Jim Greville I. Chester . 56 Lost Love Greville I. Chester . 46 Love's Tryst Reginald A. Gatty . 2 Madrigal Juliana H. Ewing . 34 Maiden with the Gipsy Look . . Juliana H. Ewing . 30 Mary Moyle Greville I. Chester . 72 Midnight Bells Greville I. Chester . 74 My Golden Lad Greville I. Chester . 63 My Love's Gift Juliana H. Ewing . 104 New Year's Carol .... . Reginald A. Gatty . 17 INDEX. vii Page North Wind, The Reginald A. Gatty . 21 Now or Never Greville I. Chester . 48 Now she lieth low Greville I. Chester . 76 Oh! Lingernot Reginald A. Gatty . 23 Only a Dead Soldier Greville I. Chester . 49 Once more at Home Greville I. Chester . 60 Other Stars yuliana H. Swing . 37 Our Lad Bill Greville I. Chester . 93 Parting Song Greville I. Chester . 52 Queen of May, The Greville I. Chester . 68 Runaway's Return, The .... Juliana H. Ewing . 100 Roimd the old Church Spire . . . Reginald A. Gatty . 13 Secret, The . . ... . Greville I. Chester Shepherd's Proposal, The . . Stephen ti. Gatty . Serenade Juliana H. Ewing Speed Well Juliana H. Ewing Sweet is Life lived with Thee . . Greville I. Chester Swallow, The Greville I. Chester 67 4 I 4 47 84 Teach me Juliana H. Ewing . 106 Think on Me Stephen H. Gatty . 108 Those lovely blooming Lindens . Greville I. Chester . 55 Those Merry Walks together . . Greville I. Chester . 88 Under the Oaks of Mirvan . . . Greville I. Chester . 50 INDEX. We were Standing in the Garden . Stephen H. Gatty " With a Difference " Juliana H. Ewing White Lily of my Love ..... Greville I. Chester Word Unspoken, The Greville I. Chester Page 12 95 82 S8 SERENADE. WOULD not have you wake for me, Fair lady, though I love you ! And though the night is warm, and all The stars are out above you ; And though the dew's so light it could Not hurt your little feet, And nightingales in yonder wood Are singing passing sweet. Yet may my plaintive strain unite And mingle with your dreaming, And through the visions of the night Just interweave my seeming. Yet no ! sleep on with fancy free In that untroubled breast ; No song of mine, no thought of me, Deserves to break your rest ! B SONGS FOR MUSIC. LOVE'S TRYST. HEN Spring was young and leaves were green, And birds sang in the glade, My love to me a promise gave. And I another made, That when the crimson sun had gone To rest beyond the sea. My love and I should meet alone Beneath the trysting tree ; Down in the dell, love. By the trysting tree, Waiting for thee ; waiting for thee, Down in the dell, love. By the trysting tree : Watching alone I wait, my love, for thee. When autumn winds blew wild and cold, And silent was the glade, My love to me a promise gave, And I another made, — LOVE'S TRYST. 3 That when our youth had pass'd away In years that were to be ; In Hfe or death our hearts should meet Beneath the trysting tree. Down in the dell, love, By the trysting tree, Waiting for thee ; waiting for thee, Down in the dell, love, By the trysting tree : Watching alone I wait, my love, for thee. SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE SHEPHERD'S PROPOSAL. HE heather's beginning to bud, lass, The bracken's a showing its green, The trout are beginning to leap, lass. No prettier country you've seen. The red grouse are choosing their mates, love. But I am a bachelor still ; Will 'ee come to the heather and furze, lass ? I'll love 'ee so well, if ye will. Will 'ee come to the heather and furze, lass. And leave the black smoke of the town ? I have sheep and a cow and a cot, lass. And I'll buy 'ee a ring and a gown ; And then we'll gang off to the church, lass, That nestles alongside the hill ; Will 'ee come to the heather and furze, lass .' I'll love 'ee so well if ye will. CRUEL HOURS. CRUEL HOURS. T was one day in the summer, As I linger'd by her side, That reproachful and complaining, We did thus the swift hours chide ; " O cruel hours, so quickly flying ! What have we done to frighten you away ? Leave us not here, our happiness denying. Why will ye go, nor suffer us to stay ?" It was one day in the falling. When her gentle life had flown, That, old memories recalling, I reproach'd the hours, alone : — " O cruel hours, so slowly creeping. What have I done to make you linger so ? Why are ye thus me from my darling keeping ? Go faster yet yourselves, and let me go ! " 6 SONGS FOR MUSIC. 'Twas then I heard a chanting Of their voices as they fled, And, knowing they were taunting, I long'd to join the dead : — " Why went we fast ? Because ye would not mind us ; Your little quarrels and your small regrets — These fiU'd your hearts, nor sufTer'd you to bind us. So love to thoughtlessness must pay her debt. We fly not slow, but thought can fly far faster, Your heart has flown, and wanders far ahead. Hearts are not ours, life only we can master ; Be patient yet, we'll bear you to your dead." CLOUDS. CLOUDS. H ! the bonny bright clouds, The fleecy clouds, the white clouds ! Blithe and gay I've watch'd you driving all the summer day ; Have you nought to leave me ? I pray you, don't deceive me ; Surely you've a message for me ? drop it on your way. Coming from the west, clouds, The quarter I love best, clouds, You must have seen my darling ; did she rest, or did she play .'' ^ Why are you So unkind, clouds .' Or is it you were blind, clouds } Answer, are you heartless } Oh, 'tis cruel not to stay ! Oh ! the dreary dark clouds. The gloomy clouds, the stark clouds ! I've felt your heavy drops upon me all the weary day. 8 SONGS FOR MUSIC. Were you full of grief, clouds, And needed some relief, clouds ? Sadness you have brought me, and you will not go away. Coming from the west, clouds, The quarter I love best, clouds, Oh, what tears you've brought me from my darling's swollen eyne ; But now you're growing bright, clouds, Your skirts are fringed with white, clouds, Love her eyes is drying, then with love I will dry mine. FICKLE ANNETTE. FICKLE ANNETTE. ICKLE Annette, Where's your regret ? Where has your heart gone since first we met? The cloud may leave the mountain brow, Nor trace of its fond kisses show, Yet 'twill return, may be not now ! Ah! Fickle Annette, You can't forget. Firm as a mountain I'll love thee yet. Tide of the sea ! Wandering free, Waves of thy love have swept over me. But rock from tide no power can sever, Deserted oft it waits for ever. Then canst thou part us } No, no, never ! > SONGS FOR MUSIC. Ah! Fickle Annette, You can't forget, Change as the tides change, you'll love me yet. Tide of the sea. Cloudless as free, Wander at will, I can wait for thee ! Attracting seas your heart may move, The poising clouds your faith may prove, Yet shall the world destroy our love ? Ah, no ! Dearest Annette, Must I forget ? Oh ! let me tell thee I love thee yet. HOPES AND FEARS. HOPES AND FEARS. H, how oft, in happiest hours, When our joyful hearts beat high, Fears have come as summer showers Wont to cloud the brighter sky ; Till from looming banks of thunder One last shower the azure clears, Fear's dark clouds hope rends asunder, Summer days are hopes and fears. So, in winter, what can cheer us } What our consolation then .' What the thought that ever near us Warms our chilly hearts again } Hope of sunny hours to-morrow, Hope of help in present tears. Fear of yielding all to sorrow. All our life in hopes and fears. SOJVGS FOR MUSIC. WE WERE STANDING IN THE GARDEN. E were standing in the garden, My soldier-love and I ; He was leaving for the battle, And had come to say, " Good-bye.' Our words were very mournful. And, weeping bitterly, I cried, " Oh, make a promise ! My love, come back to me." One week, and in the garden. Of a deadly fight I read ; I trembled as I wonder'd If my soldier-boy was dead. A sound, as of a whisper. Crept through the cypress tree. And I knew it was the spirit Of my lad come back to me. 'JROUND THE OLD CHURCH SPIRE. 13 ROUND THE OLD CHURCH SPIRE. ELL me why the swallows fly- Up into the cloudy sky ; Why they hover round the spire, Wheeling lower, wheeling higher. And again their course repeating, Now advancing, now retreating. Till they in a circling flight Soar for ever out of sight. Mother, make me wings to fly. Like the swallows in the sky. Dancing, glancing up on high, Round the old church spire. Summer swallows always go When the bitter north winds blow, And the heavy clouds are falling, Overflowing rivers roaring ; Racing down their pebbly courses Like a troop of foaming horses. 14 SONGS FOR MUSIC. Onward to the open sea, Madly struggling to be free ! Child, hereafter you shall fly, Like the swallows in the sky ; Lands unknown there are on high. Far above the spire ! APART. IS APART. HEY tell me flowers are blooming still Beneath the garden wall, And in the woods the throstles trill, Their songs at evening fall ; I see no sweet flowers blooming now, I hear no songs to-day. Only a sea-bound river's flow That bears my life away. Hopes floating by us. Sorrows to try us, Drifting apart on the dark ocean's breast ; Wherever they lead thee. I pray God may speed thee, Till we shall meet in the ocean of rest. They tell me he is laid in peace Among the silent dead ; That death doth bring to all release. And tears are vainly shed ; i6 SONGS FOR MUSIC. How can the flowers bloom at my side, Now winter fills my heart ? Only I hear the mocking tide That bore our lives apart. Hopes floating by us, Sorrows to try us, Drifting apart on the dark ocean's breast ; Wherever they lead thee I pray God may speed thee. Till we shall meet in the ocean of rest. NEW YEAR'S CAROL. 17 NEW YEAR'S CAROL. RE the daylight tints the snow With the morning light, One will come and one will go, Passing in the night. At the threshold of the door, Youth and age will meet : He who can return no more Moves with weary feet. Speed then the waning year. Welcome the new. Welcome the new ! By and by the bells will ring With their clanging chimes ; Voices far and near will sing Songs of bygone times : Old and young will meet again : With their smiles and tears ; Side by side are joy and pain c i8 SONGS FOR MUSIC. As in former years. Speed then the waning year, Welcome the new, Welcome the new ! HOME. 19 HOME. NCE on a time I had a home ; We children used to play And gambol round the dear old house, Nor knew a dreary day ; The winged hours pass'd overhead From care and trouble free ; Aye happier was my old, old home. The home that used to be. I parted from the much-loved spot, I went the world to roam. They said I should forget old things. And make another home ; But O ! 'tis not an easy task To banish memory. It is not like my old, old home. The home that used to be. They say there is a happier home Far off beyond the skies, 20 SONGS FOR MUSIC. A home that we shall look upon With new and joyous eyes ; How can I love another home Unlike what used to be ? May I not have my old, old home E'en in Eternity ? THE NORTH WIND. THE NORTH WIND. HE wind is roaring on the moor, It rushes down the valley deep. It enters at the cottage door And frights the shepherd from his sleep : It lifts the waters of the lake With curling foam from side to side ; It hurries in the river's wake. And drives the overflowing tide. From the cold North I can hear it blow. Where the icebergs crash and the North-lights glow: But it breathes on all a frozen breath. Its mantle of snow is the mantle of death. The wind is roaring in the street, It beats against each window-pane ; A shelter from the hail and sleet The lonely beggar seeks in vain : 22 SONGS FOR MUSIC. It gathers by the tower and church, The bells are softly heard to ring ; And round and round his iron perch The weathercock is made to swing. From the cold North I can hear it blow, Where the icebergs crash and the North-lights glow : But it breathes on all a frozen breath, Its mantle of snow is the mantle of death. OH! LINGER NOT! 23 OH! LINGER NOT! 00 late it. is with mournful thoughts regretting — What might have been our hearts alone can say : Too late it is — for life's brief day is setting, And distant echoes summon thee away. Oh ! linger not ! thy passion for me proving* I dare not hear thy maddening accents flow ; 'Tis sin for me and sin for thee, this loving : Oh ! linger not, when duty bids thee go ! And yet, alas ! for ever now thou takest The sunlight of my once unclouded dream ; The idol dies when thou its shrine forsakest. And life's long hours but soundless shadows seem. Then linger not, for other scenes await thee. And stranger hands are stretch'd to clasp thine own ; Thou mayst forget but thou canst never hate me. Left thus to mourn thine absence all alone. 24 SOJVGS FOR MUSIC. FADED ROSE WITH WITHERED LEAF. ADED rose with wither'd leaf, Dead to other eyes save mine ; Thou canst prove a secret grief With those lifeless thorns of thine ; Thou canst summon back a dream, Bringing visions from afar. Wakening with summer gleam Echoes that no longer are. So I keep thee, though the years Turn to dust thy petals fair, And I dew thee with my tears, Bidding thee my sorrow share. I have seen thee, faded rose. Lying on her throbbing breast ; Didst thou love her, faded rose. When her lips to thee she press'd .' Was she false, or was she true. Whispering those words divine ; FADED ROSE WITH WITHERED LEAF. 25 Peering with her eyes of blue In the burning depths of mine ? So I keep thee, though the years Turn to dust thy petals fair, And I dew thee with my tears. Bidding thee my sorrow share. 26 SONGS FOR MUSIC. I REMEMBER. REMEMBER, I remember, In years long pass'd away, A little maid and I would meet Beside the stream to play ; We used to watch the sun go down Upon the golden tide, And count the ships that glided by To reach the ocean wide. I remember, I remember, A sailor-lad to be, I left the little maid behind, And cross'd the distant sea : But when the ship came back again And touch'd the golden shore, I found the little maid and I Would meet on earth no more. For ever, ah ! for ever. Those days have pass'd away ; / REMEMBER. 27 And now no more beside the stream As children shall we play : Butrstill I know in future years, When life's dark voyage, is o'er, That little maid and I shall meet Upon the golden shore. 28 SONGS FOR MUSIC. A LITTLE WHILE. - LITTLE while and all was green, The summer birds were singing, The butterflies, in robes of sheen. Their flowerward course were winging ; But now the leaves fall from the trees. The streams are overflowing, With clouds and rain the autumn breeze Across the moor is blowing. A little while, and you and I As children play'd together, No cloud that sail'd across the sky Brought us dull autumn weather ; The skylark sang his happy song Above the scented meadow ; Life seem'd to be one summer day. That pass'd without a shadow. But now, alas ! those times are changed, And age on all is creeping ; A LITTLE WHILE. 29 Old friends, from us long since estranged, Within their graves are sleeping : And when I think how you and I As children play'd together, I feel the summer has gone by, And it is autumn weather. 3° SONGS FOR MUSIC. MAIDEN WITH THE GIPSY LOOK. AID EN with the gipsy look, Dusky locks and russet hue, Open wide thy Sybil's book. Tell my fate, and tell it true ; Shall I live ? or shall I die ? Timely wed, or single be ? Maiden with the gipsy eye. Read my riddle unto me ! Maiden with the gipsy face. If thou canst not tell me all. Tell me thus much, of thy grace, Should I climb, or fear to fall ? Should I dare, or dread to dare ? Should I speak, or silent be ? Maiden with the gipsy hair. Read my riddle unto me ! Maiden with the gipsy hair. Deep into thy mirror look. MAIDEN WITH THE GIPSY LOOK. 31 See my love and fortune there, Clearer than in Sybil's book : Let me cross thy slender palm, Let me learn my fate from thee ; Maiden with the gipsy charm, Read my riddle unto me. 32 SONGS FOR MUSIC. AH! WOULD I COULD FORGET HE whispering water rocks the reeds, And, murmuring softly, laps the weeds ; And nurses there the falsest bloom That ever wrought a lover's doom. Forget me not ! Forget me not ! Ah ! would I could forget ! But, crying still, " Forget me not," Her image haunts me yet. We wander'd by the river's brim, The day grew dusk, the pathway dim ; Her eyes like stars dispell'd the gloom. Her gleaming fingers pluck'd the bloom. Forget me not ! Forget me not ! Ah ! would I could forget ! But, crying still, " Forget me not," Her image haunts me yet. The pale moon lit her paler face, And coldly watch'd our last embrace, AH! WOULD I COULD FORGET! 33 And chill'd her tresses' sunny hue, And stole that flower's turquoise blue. Forget me not ! Forget me not ! Ah ! would I could forget ! But, crying still, " Forget me not," Her image haunts me yet. The fateful flower droop'd to death, The fair, false maid forswore her faith ; But I obey a broken vow, And keep those wither'd blossoms now ! Forget me not ! Forget me not ! Ah ! would I could forget ! But, crying still, " Forget me not," Her image haunts me yet. Sweet lips that pray'd — " Forget me not " ! Sweet eyes that will not be forgot ! Recall your prayer, forego your power. Which binds me by the fatal flower. Forget me not ! Forget me not ! Ah ! would I could forget ! But, crying still, " Forget me not," Her image haunts me yet. D 34 SOJVGS FOR MUSIC. MADRIGAL. IFE is full of trouble, Love is full of care, Joy is like a bubble Shining in the air, For you cannot Grasp it anywhere. Love is not worth getting, It doth fade so fast. Life is not worth fretting Which so soon is past ; And you cannot Bid them longer last. Yet for certain fellows Life seems true and strong ; And with some, they tell us. Love will linger long ; Thus they cannot Understand my song. THE ELLEREE. 35 THE ELLEREE. 1 A SONG OF SECOND SIGHT. LLEREE ! O Elleree ! Seeing what none else may see, Dost thou see the man in grey .' Dost thou hear the night hounds bay t Elleree ! O Elleree ! Seventh son of seventh son, All thy thread of life is spun. Thy little race is nearly run. And death awaits for thee ! Elleree ! O Elleree ! Coronach shall wail for thee ; Get thee shrived and get thee blest, Get thee ready for thy rest, Elleree ! O Elleree ! ' " Elleree '' is the name of one who has the gift of second sight. 36 SONGS FOR MUSIC. That thou owest quickly give, What thou ownest thou must leave, And those thou lovest best shall grieve, But all in vain for thee ! " Bodach Glas ! " ^ the chieftain said, " All my debts but one are paid, All I love have long been dead. All my hopes on Heaven are stay'd, Death to me can bring no dole ;" Thus the Elleree replied ; — But with ebbing of the tide As sinks the setting sun he died ; — May Christ receive his soul ! ' " Bodach Glas," the Man in Grey, appears to a Highland family with the gift of second sight, presaging death. OTHER STARS. 37 OTHER STARS. HE night is dark, and yet it is not quite : Those stars are hid that other orbs may shine ; Twin stars, whose rays illuminate the night, And cheer her gloom, but only deepen mine ; For these fair stars are not what they do seem, But vanish'd eyes remember'd in a dream. The night is dark, and yet it brings no rest ; Those eager eyes gaze on and banish sleep ; Though flaming Mars has lower'd his crimson crest, And weary Venus pales into the deep, These two with tender shining mock my woe From out the distant heaven of long ago. The night is dark, and yet how bright they gleam ! Oh ! empty vision of a vanish'd light ! Sweet eyes ! must you for ever be a dream Deep in my heart, and distant from my sight .' For could you shine as once you shone before. The stars might hide their rays for evermore ! 38 SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE BURIAL OF THE LINNET. CHILDREN'S SONG. OUND in the garden, dead in his beauty ! Ah, that a linnet should die in the spring ! Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty, Muffle the dinner-bell, solemnly ring. Bury him kindly — up in the corner, Bird, beast, and gold-fish are sepulchred the re ; Bid the black kitten march as chief mourner, Waving her tail like a plume in the air. Bury him nobly — next to the donkey. Fetch the old banner and wave it about ; Bury him deeply, — think of the monkey. Shallow his grave — and the dogs got him out. Bury him softly, — white wool around him, — Kiss his poor feathers — the first kiss and last — THE BURIAL OF THE LINNET. 39 Tell his poor widow kind friends have found him, Plant his poor grave with whatever grows fast ! Farewell, sweet singer, dead in thy beauty ! Silent through summer, though other birds sing ; Bury him, comrades, in pitiful duty, Muffle the dinner-bell, mournfully ring ! 40 SONGS FOR MUSIC. FADED FLOWERS. Y love she sent a flower to me Of tender hue and fragrance rare, , And with it came across the sea A letter kind as she was fair ; But when her letter met mine eyes, The flbwer, the little flower, was dead ; And ere I touch'd the tender prize The hues were dim, the fragrance fled. I sent my love a letter too. In happy hope no more to roam ; I bade her bless the vessel true Whose gallant sails should waft me home. But ere my letter reach'd her hand. My love, my little love, was dead. And when the vessel touch'd the land, Fair hope for evermore had fled. SPEED WELL. 41 SPEED WELL. HAT time I left my native land, And bade farewell to my true love, She laid a flower in my hand As azure as the sky above. " Speed thee well ! Speed well ! " She softly whisper'd, " Speed well ! This flower blue Be token true Of my true heart's true love for you ! " " Its tender hue is bright and pure, As heav'n through summer clouds doth show, A pledge though clouds thy way obscure, It shall not be for ever so. Speed thee well ! Speed well ! " She softly whisper'd, " Speed well ! This flower blue Be token true Of my true heart's true love for you ! " 42 SONGS FOR MUSIC. And as I toil through help and harm, And whilst on alien shores I dwell, I wear this flower as a charm, My heart repeats that tender spell : " Speed thee well ! Speed well ! " It softly whispers, " Speed well ! This flower blue Be token true Of my true heart's true love for you !" HOW MANY YEARS AGOf 43 HOW MANY YEARS AGO? OW many years ago, love, Since you came courting me ? Through oaktree wood and o'er the lea. With rosy cheeks and waistcoat gay, And mostly not a word to say, — How many years ago, love. How many years ago ? How many years ago, love, Since you to father spoke ? Between your lips a sprig of oak : You were not one with much to say. But mother spoke for you that day, — How many years ago, love. How many years ago ? So many years ago, love, That soon our time must come To leave our girl without a home ; — 44 SOJVGS FOR MUSIC. She's like her mother, love, you've said : At her age I had long been wed, — How many years ago, love, How many years ago ? For love of long-ago, love, If John has ought to say. When he comes up to us to-day, (A likely lad, though short of tongue,) Remember, husband, we were young, — How many years ago, love. How many years ago ? / GAVE MY LOVE A LITTLE ROSE. 45 I GAVE MY LOVE A LITTLE ROSE. GAVE my love a little rose, A little rose of red and white, Because her colour comes and goes Whene'er she dawns upon my sight. I gave my love a little key, A little key of yellow gold, Because she lock'd her sweets from me. Nor would her secret heart unfold. I gave my dear a little dove, Around his neck a feathery ring. Because a ring betokens love. And love to my sweet love I bring. # And, in return, what gave my love. Of all the precious gifts that be .'' No rose, nor key, nor ring-neck'd dove She gave — but her sweet self to me. ^€t2M 46 SONGS FOR MUSIC. A LOST LOVE. HE soft wind breathed through the painted flowers, The red, red rose-trees bowing. And the roses stoop'd from their lofty bowers To where lesser flowers were growing. " Heigh-ho ! " said the flowers of low degree, " The roses stoop to kiss us ! " " Oh ! joy, for my true love stoops to me ! " Cried the love-lorn, pale narcissus. " Oh ! sweet ! Oh ! sweet is the rose's red lip That she shall press to mine ; From my golden cup she shall take, a sip, Then round me for ever twine ! " But the spring-tide wind was over and past, Too brief was the rose's stay ; The pale flower's bliss was not to kiss. And he faded and died away. SWEET IS LIFE LIVED WITH THEE. 47 SWEET IS LIFE LIVED WITH THEE. H ! sweet is life when life is lived with thee! And sweet is love when thou hast love for me ! Oh ! love me then as I love thee, and give This boon, that through thy loving I may live. Oh ! sweet the soft South breeze ! And yet the South Breathes not such sweets as thou dost from thy mouth ; Breathe then upon my lips, and then to thee I'll render back the sweets thou gavest me. Oh ! sweet the day when thou art by my side ! And sweet with thee in night's dark folds to bide ; Bide then near me, and let my day be bright. And let thy beauty lighten up my night. Oh ! white the lily ! Yet thou art more white ; And red the rose ! And yet thou art more bright ; Beam o'er me with thy tints, red, white, and so My love-lorn face with like fair hues shall glow. 48 SONGS FOR MUSIC. NOW OR NEVER. HE rose has open'd on its stem, The violets in the glade, The lilies in the shady woods ;- Then pluck them ere they fade ! The pear is ripe upon the tree, The nectarine on the wall, The grapes upon the pergola ; — Then pluck them ere they fall ! And she, thy Love, is ripe for thee,. Then win her while you may ; While bright the sun shines overhead 'Tis time to make the hay ! Why wait, and wait, and wait so long ? She will not wait for thee ; The bonniest flower will quickly fade. The fruit fall off the tree. ONLY A DEAD SOLDIER. 49 ONLY A DEAD SOLDIER. OLD and stark and dead he lay, — So much beauty, so much grace,- And the sun's expiring ray Shed its gfory on his face. Stretch'd upon the gory ground. Round him slept the warrior-dead. None amidst them all was found With such glory on his head. So much grace, and so much beauty, Who with him could e'en compare .' Dead for country, king, and duty. My true lover slumber'd there. Friend, and comrade, and true lover. As I tread this earth alone. None like thee can I discover. Loving, lovely, all my own ! E so SONGS FOR MUSIC. UNDER THE OAKS OF MIRVAN. HUS it was not in the spring, When we heard the throstles sing, And their callow broods took wing 'Neath the oaks of Mirvan. Then my heart was gay and light. Every day the sun shone bright, And my path was streak'd with light In the meads of Mirvan. Summer now has pass'd away. Dreary ends the dreary day, And my Love lies 'neath the clay. By the kirk of Mirvan. Snow is falling soft and slow; I am going, — let me go ; Bury me beneath the snow, By my love in Mirvan. BENEATH THE CHESTNUTS. 51 BENEATH THE CHESTNUTS. H, those chestnut alleys, With their flowers of white and red, And the sweet, sweet words of early love That under them were said ! Oh, the sweet songs of thrushes In the sweetbriar hedge hard by. And the brook's song in the rushes, And the skylark's in the sky ! Now all is changed, or changing, Hush'd is the skylark's song. And the brook crawls 'neath its load of ice, And the winter nights are long. The thrush and his mate are starving As they cling to the frozen spray, And the sweetbriar hedge no longer is sweet, And my Love lies 'neath the clay. 52 SONGS FOR MUSIC. PARTING SONG. HE hour has come, and we must part, The bell has toll'd and we must sever ; Come hour, strike bell, my steadfast heart Is bound to thee, sweet Love, for ever. The hour has come, and we must part : I o'er the salt sea waves must roam ; Though ocean roll between, take heart, Sweet Love, thou art my only home. Thou art my home, and unto thee My every thought will ever turn. Thou art my home,^ — no stormy sea Can quench the love with which I burn. The hour is come, and we must part, The bell has struck our parting knell ; Thou know'st me true : sweet Love, take heart,- One parting kiss, and then farewell. BRA VE ROBIN. 53 BRAVE ROBIN. ROBIN sate perch 'd on a frozen spray ; Cold was the wind and dark was the day ; When colder it grew he 'gan merrily sing, With his quivering throat and his shivering wing. And under the eaves of a cot hard by Sate his little brown mate with her quick black eye ; And she turn'd her little brown head to hear What the red-breasted Robin sang in her ear. He merrily sang, and for her alone True love thrill'd in his every tone ; He sang till the icicles dropt from the tree,— Sure ne'er so warm-hearted a bird as he. " O Robin, brave Robin, tell why do you sing, With quivering throat and shivering wing .' " " I love my little brown mate so well, My voice, like my heart, for her must swell. 54 SONGS FOR MUSIC. " For songs of true love I care not to choose The soft, warm days when the cushat coos, But to joy my love's heart I sing her love's lay. When the winds are cold, from my frozen spray." THOSE LOVELY, BLOOMING LINDENS. 55 THOSE LOVELY, BLOOMING LINDENS. HOSE lovely, blooming lindens, With the chequer'd light below, Where, hand in hand, we often stray'd Full twenty years ago ! Those lovely, blooming lindens, With their odour fresh and sweet, And the humming bees above us, And the shadows at our feet ! How often ! oh, how often ! In those long twenty years, Have those shadows seem'd fit emblems Of our mingled hopes and fears : Of the mingled good and evil. Of the mingled weal and woe. That we have seen together Since twenty years ago ! 56 SONGS FOR MUSIC. LITTLE JIM. ITTLE Jim lies with the dead, Cold earth on his golden head ;- Do not weep. Let him sleep Calmly in his narrow bed. Only a small ragged boy, Yet he was our light and joy : — It is best He should rest Where no care can him annoy. Who like him, so wise and witty. Sang an olden hymn or ditty .■" He shall stand. Harp in hand. Singing in the Golden City. Now our life and light are dim ; Nought had we on earth like him ; Yet above God is Love, And He loves our little Jim. THE BLACKSMITH'S LAD. 57 THE BLACKSMITH'S LAD. HE Blacksmith's Lad he loves me well, There's firelight in his eye, And, as is fit, bright sparks of wit From his heart's anvil fly. The Blacksmith's Lad is stout and tall, And hard his horny hand ; He's loved me long, and love is strong, And burns hot as a brand. On Saturdays, when work is done. He leaps across the moor ; He jumps the ditch ; though poor I'm rich, For he is at the door. He clasps me close as any vice ; Whatever shall I do i" — O Jenny dear, you need not fear, You'll live to fling the shoe. S8 SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE WORD UNSPOKEN. WORD, and all had been explain'd ; A word, two hearts had not been broken ; A word had warm'd the coldness feign'd ; But ah ! that word was never spoken. Doubtless our souls within us yearn'd To tell the secret of our yearning ; Doubtless our hearts within us burn'd To tell what thoughts were inly burning. And yet we spake not when we might, And when we could it was denied ; And now, hid from each other's sight. One lingers here, and one has died. One lingers here upon the earth, Alas, for grief ! with faded bloom ; The other, once so full of mirth. Lies silent in the silent tomb. THE. WORD UNSPOKEN. 59 Oh, loving hearts that long'd for love. Nor found it in this weary life ! Oh, weary souls ! Can heaven above Give rest from cares and earthly strife ? Yes, in the cold and narrow bed That lies beneath the grassy sod, And in the quiet seats of the dead In Christ, tired souls find rest with God. 6o SONGS FOR MUSIC. ONCE MORE AT HOME. HAT strange thoughts come o'er me Of pleasure and pain, When places familiar I visit again ; When spots known in childhood I gaze on once more, After long years of absence Have sadly pass'd o'er. The garden I planted When yet but a child. And carefully tended, Lies tangled and wild : The plough has uprooted The fields where I stray'd. From the groves where I sported Has vanish'd the shade. But still, not for places Deserted I mourn. ONCE MORE AT HOME. 6i But that dearly-loved faces For aye should be gone. The garden may wither, And vanish the shade, But oh ! for those dear ones Beneath the earth laid ! 62 SONGS FOR MUSIC. CLOSER YET. LOSER, and closer, closer yet ! We may not meet for years, Love ! Closer ! Ah ! now our cheeks are wet With our last parting tears. Love, How we have loved ! Yet we must part ; Our last adieu we take. Love ! How we have loved ! — each steadfast heart Would almost wish to break, Love. Yet no ! Though absence seem so long, 'Tis not our last adieu, Love ; Our trust is strong, and love is long. And both our hearts are true. Love. MY GOLDEN LAD. 63 MY GOLDEN LAD. HY is't so dull ? What ails the day ? My Golden Lad has gone away : The moment my bright Lad had gone Dark clouds obscured the golden morn. Why are the trilling birds so sad .■■ Because they mourn my Golden Lad ; They cannot sing their songs of joy, When absent is my Golden Boy. Why plays the fount so faint and dim .'' No longer can its streams clasp him — His lusty limbs, his brow so fair, The shimmer of his golden hair. Why are the petals once so bright. Closed up as close as if 'twere night ? Because my Lad has gone away. And with him all the light of day. 64 SONGS FOR MUSIC. Ah ! Golden Lad, I love thee well — Far ipore than heart and tongue can tell ! For thee my love must ever burn, — Return, my Golden Lad, return. THE HURRICANE. 65 THE HURRICANE. GOLDEN Hour ! O Golden Hour ! Lying together 'neath the palms, How rich was I with priceless dower,. For thou wast given to my arms ! O Golden Hour ! O Golden Hour ! Our joy was all too deep for words ; We sate, as ivy clasps a tower, Watching the gleaming humming-birds. We sate and watch'd till set of sun, Soul link'd with soul, as hand with hand ; And scarcely knew when day was done. And night had fallen on the land. O Silver Hour ! O Silver Hour ! The pale moon mounted up the sky ; No breeze to bow the lowliest flower. And all alone sate you and I. F 66 SONGS FOR MUSIC. Oh ! There was joy that we had met — A joy unspoken in each heart, With which was mingled soft regret, Only that we too soon should part. We gazed upon the silver moon, .We gazed upon the silver sea ; Alas ! we little knew how soon My life in thine would fail from me. O Leaden Hour ! O Leaden Hour ! The silvern light began to wane ; The winds of God were loosed in power- Down fell the awful hurricane. A roar ! a rush ! a shriek of pain ! And then a dying, deaden'd groan ! A fire-dart cleft the blinding rain — Was quench' d — ^but I was left alone ! THE SECRET. 67 THE SECRET. GAZED into those eyes so bright — Depths of blue sea 'neath shades of night ; What there I saw I told to none ; Enough, their secret was for one ! In secret once our fingers met ; Their pressure I can ne'er forget. What then I felt to none was known ; Enough, the secret was my own ! I watch'd the red hues tinge thy cheek, Though flushing there, none heard thee speak ; Yet spake they then to me alone ! Enough, their secret was for one ! I felt the flutter of thy heart. That could not bear we two should part ! O, joyful moment that made known Thee and thy secret all my own ! 68 SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE QUEEN OF MAY. HE girls brought wreaths of lilies, The lads brought boughs of green, And down amongst the meadows We crown'd her as our Queen. Upon her rippling tresses Her royal crown was set, Of golden may-buds woven. With early dewdrops wet. And down among the meadows. Upon that glad spring day. We lifted up our voices, — " Long live our Queen of May ! " The girls brought wreaths of snowdrops, The lads brought sprigs of yew, And so in sad procession We pass'd the meadows through. THE QUEEN OF MAY. 69 And scarce an eye was lifted, And scarce a word was said ; Save only in low whispers : " Alas ! our Queen is dead ! " Upon her braided tresses A coronal was set Of early snowdrops, woven With tears of sorrow wet. And down amongst the meadows, Upon that wintry day. We raised our hearts to heaven, — " God rest our Queen of May." 70 SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE DUET. SANG with thee, and as each note Swell'd liquid from thy swan-like throat, I felt my spirit blend with thine, And knew thy spirit blent with mine. We grew together, while the chords Responded to heart-thrilling words. Until, ere that sweet strain was done ; Our two rapt souls were knit in one. Our voices falter' d, and in vain We strove to sing that song again ; Deep love held our two hearts in thrall. Each was to other all in all. I felt thee tremble, and thine eyes, Brimful of love and half surprise, Met mine, and then two tear-drops fell. Like dew-drops from a lUy's bell. THE DUET. 71 O Love ! O Music ! Nature ! Art ! — Each, to unite us, took a part. Music snatch'd Nature from control ; Love bound us closely soul to soul ! 73 SONGS FOR MUSIC. MARY MOYLE. LEECY clouds were sailing, sailing, O'er the grey and gloomy sky. Autumn winds were wildly wailing Through the yellow leaves and dry. Mary Moyle was mournful weeping O'er a green and grassy sod, Where her little babe lay sleeping, Whose white soul had rest with God. But, alas ! no rest can Mary, Mary, broken-hearted, find ; She must live, live on aweary, In the cold world and unkind. By her fellows all rejected. Hard and drear is Mary's lot ; All her weakness recollected. All her trust and love forgot. MARY MOYLE. 73 Courage, weak one and deceived ! Courage, sad one ! Look above ! One there is Who cheers the grieved ; Seek Him, find Him — He is Love ! 74 SONGS FOR MUSIC. MIDNIGHT BELLS. HEN I hear the sound of church bells Up the valley softly rise, Thoughts of old times crowd upon me, Tears gush from my streaming eyes ; Old friends seem to stand before me, Dear hands seem to clasp my hand, Once again to earth re-calI6d, Dreamy bells, by your command. Oh, how often ! Oh, how often ! On the last night of the year, Have I heard your joyous voices Echoing from far and near : Now ye seem'd to fill the valleys With a full melodious flow, — Now to greet some distant mountain Would your wind-borne music go. And, when, hill and valley leaving, Your sweet notes pass'd out to sea. MIDNIGHT BELLS. ■ 75 Reach'd the vessel darkly heaving, To the sailors joy brought ye ; Joy ye brought, to them recalling Thoughts of cottage homes and fires, Shadows on their memories falling, Of their loves, their babes, their sires. One by one upon the waters Did the shades of dear ones fall, As when in the cheerful firelight Shadows flicker on the wall. And each wave-toss'd, wandering seaman, Gazing, wistful, through the night, Hearing your melodious music, Saw his dark path fleck'd with light. 76 SONGS FOR MUSIC. NOW SHE LIETH LOW. OW she lieth low, Her we loved so well ; Stealing up the valley, Hark, her passing bell ! I can see her now Crown'd the Queen of May, Lilies in her tresses, On that glad spring day. I can see her still Number'd with the dead, Lying in her coffin. Lilies round her head. Toll, thou passing bell ! Peal with solemn sound ! Ah, my heart is broken ! Lay her in the ground ! A CHANGED LOVE. .yy A CHANGED LOVE. T was in wild and weird and windy weather That we met first, and yet a nameless calm Rapt into one our charmed souls together, And sweeten'd all with sweet delirious balm. We clung, warm words with warmer kisses mingling, In those mad moments two full lives seem'd run ; Clasp'd hands, clasp'd hearts, left all oursenses tingling, In triumph of winning and of being won. It is in calm, and soft, and sunny weather That we have parted ; yet my salt tears rain, — Love's flowers I cropt as far as ran my tether. To crop fresh flowers I dare not strive again. In that warm net of wreathing arms entwined Could I have deem'd that I should not believe thee .' — My heart on thy heart, in thy heart divined That thou, first-loved and best, would e'er deceive me ? 78 SONGS FOR MUSIC. Unchanging I, changed thou, and changed the weather : — Warm are the languors of the summer night ; No longer our rapt souls are knit together, Quench'd in thy soul, alas ! love's rosy light. Quench'd in thy soul ! yet once I deem'd thee loving ! / who, loved once, must love for evermore ; The red, unsated glare of passion proving, The burning heat of that I felt before. THE GIPSY SWEETHEART. 79 THE GIPSY SWEETHEART. 'ER the heath, o'er the heath, Far, far away. Where the broom-flowers are blooming. It joys me to stray. O'er the ling, o'er the heath, Down in the dell, Where the dark pines are glooming. It joys me to dwell. O'er the ling, o'er the heath, There will I greet, In the dews of the evening. The track of her feet. O'er the heath, o'er the heath, There will I rest. With Rachel my treasure. My first love and best. 8o SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE COCK AND THE DUCK. NONSENSE BALLAD. HE Cock fell in love with an Aylesbury Duck,— Yellow legs, silver back, yellow bill, — Said he, " Lovely creature, come out of the muck, And let's live on the top of the hill." Said the Duck, " Not for worlds I'd leave you in the lurch, But it's right I should say I prefer A fowl with smooth legs, for it's awkward at perch To sleep next a bird with a spur." Said the Cock to the Duck, " I'm greatly in luck. And I'll go to my friend Doctor Owl, He's physician at Court, and he'll cut my spurs short. And so make me a weddable fowl." In an hour he came back, and the Duck said, "Quack, quack ! Has the Doctor deprived you of spurs .'" THE COCK AND THE DUCK. 8i " Cock-a-doodle ! It's true, and he did it for you, Sweetest Duck, though he'd many demurs." To the Cock said the Duck, " Your legs under you tuck. And sit on the top of the pond ; I like you since now you resemble a duck. But when you can swim I'll grow fond." Said the Cock, " Dearest Duckie, I'm rather afraid. For I haven't got webs to my feet. It isn't my fault, for I am as I'm made ; But here goes for the sake of my sweet." So the Cock tuck'd his legs to his stomach so tight, And flew in with a shudder and shake ; While the Duck, whom he'd foolishly thought was " all right," Swam away with an Aylesbury Drake. MORAL. Now the moral is this : if to wed you're inclined. Be sure you first see you're well match'd ; And never, whatever you've got on your mind. Count your chickens before they are hatch'd. G 82 SONGS FOR MUSIC. WHITE LILY OF MY LOVE. E parted, we, my Love and I, White moonbeams kiss'd the strand ; One last embrace, and she had fled Across the silver sand. " Farewell ! Farewell ! Thee angels guard ! Yet turn once more and bless Me with one last, long look on thee And thy great loveliness." So spake my heart and lips, and she, Obedient as a child, Turn'd her great beauty back to me. Her lover fond, and smiled. Oh ! what a white, white hand was that Which beckon'd, white as snow ! What wealth of love in that sweet smile Gleam'd as she turn'd to go ! WHITE LILY OF MY LOVE. 83 White hand, white heart of purity ! White Lily of my Love ! Her white hand rests beneath the turf, Her white soul rests above ! SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE SWALLOW. Y Love, she dwells 'neath sunny skies, Where thou dost fly, swift swallow ; She lives where verdure never dies ; Oh ! would that I might follow, Follow, Would that I might follow ! Where airs of balm breathe, winter through, Thou fliest now, sweet swallow ; Yet sweets like hers none ever knew ; Oh ! would that Lmight follow. Follow, Would that I might follow ! But since to fly along with thee May not be mine, dear swallow. Oh ! take a pledge along with thee. And say I cannot follow. Follow, Say I cannot follow ! THE SWALLOW. 85 And when thou comest in the spring Back from the south, sweet swallow, Bid her to claim the plighting ring. And after thee to follow. Follow, After thee to follow. 86 SONGS FOR MUSIC LAZY LILIES. AZY lilies ! all the day Soft winds through your petals play, Sunbeams woo your love and win ; — Yet you neither toil nor spin. Lazy lilies ! Heaven's dews Beauty into you infuse, Lift your heads above the soil ; — Yet you never spin nor toil. No, you neither toil nor spin, Yet at dawn your tasks begin ; Quiet and modest, all night through Odours are exhaled by you. Morn and eve, and day and night, You all passers-by delight ; Joying in your Lord's behest. You obeying Him are blest. LAZY LILIES. 87 Daily doing deeds of love, Blessings reach you from above ; Quiet tasks, and simple ways, These your bounden meed of praise. SONGS FOR MUSIC. THOSE MERRY WALKS TOGETHER. H, those merry walks together, In the long-pass'd days of yore, O'er the swathes of purple heather, And along the winding shore. Young we were and merry-hearted. Life ran like a tuneful rhyme ; Little dream'd we we'd be parted. In that golden summer-time. Oh, those happy walks together. Heart in heart and hand in hand. In the blithesome summer weather. O'er the sun-lit, wave-kiss'd strand ! Oh, how fair the face of nature Seem'd around, beneath, above, To our glad ears every creature Sang of joy, and peace, and love. THOSE MERRY WALKS TOGETHER. Faded now the sun-tints golden, Faded now the summer glow, And the fields are all enfolden In a winding-sheet of snow. Lone, and left, and lorn I wander O'er wild moor and wintry fell, Waiting for the end I ponder On the days when all was well. 90 SONGS FOR MUSIC. GERALDINE. AZEL-EYED she was, and golden Hair fell round her oval face, Such you see in pictures olden In Venetian palaces. When we met, a cross so holy Press'd her breast of virgin snow ; Joy was mix'd with melancholy, For she knew that she must go. Grieved was she at thought of leaving Me, who was her life and love. Full of joy she was, believing We should meet in Heaven above. Through the spring-tide hours she wasted. Till she died in early June, Lovelier growing as she hasted On to her untimely tomb. GERALDINE. 9' Now she lies where violets blowing Scent the air in earliest spring, And, a rill beside her flowing. Stays the mavish on his wing. And the sea's resounding waters. With their changeless, changing roll, Of the loveliest of earth's daughters Sound a requiem for the soul. 92 SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE BLIND MAN'S SONG. CANNOT see thy face, dear, Nor the love-light in thine eye, But a gleam comes o'er my soul, dear, When. I feel that thou art nigh. I cannot see thy face, love. But thy voice is soft and sweet. And there's music in the sound, love, Of thy lightly-tripping feet. They say I'm growing old, dear. And my hair is turning grey. But thy sweet, sweet lips teach me, dear. To heed not what they say. The world is dark and drear, love. My day has turn'd to night. Yet still all is not dim, love, Thou, darling, art my light. OUR LAD BILL. 93 OUR LAD BILL. UR poor lad Bill is dead ; Blessings on his dear head ; God's angels make his bed Somewhere up yonder. Only a quick-writ line, — " Your lad Bill died at nine, A nd please God we We g 'wine Bury he to-morrow. " Just at the turn 0' tide Our merry comrade died ; He pressed my hand and sigh'd, ' Write and tell Father ! ' ' So, ere he died at sea. Our Bill remember'd me : — No son so dear as he, Youngest of seven. 94 SONGS FOR MUSIC. Now I am sick and old, And my poor heart is cold ; — Lord, take me to Thy fold With Bill, up yonder. " WITH A DIFFERENCE." 95 "WITH A DIFFERENCE." 'M weary waiting here, The chill east wind is sighing, The autumn tints are sere, The summer flowers are dying. The river's sullen way Winds on through vacant meadows, The dying light of day Strives vainly with the shadows. A footstep stirs the leaves ! The faded fields seem brighter, The sunset gilds the sheaves. The low' ring clouds look lighter. The river sparkles by, Not all the flowers are falling, There's azure in the sky. And thou, my love, art calling. 96 SONGS FOR MUSIC. THE LILY OF THE LAKE. VER wastes of blasted heather, Where the pine-trees stand together, Evermore my footsteps wander, Evermore the shadows yonder Deepen into gloom. Where there lies a silent lake, No song-bird there its thirst may slake. No sunshine now to whiteness wake The water-lily's bloom. Some sweet springtime long departed, I and she, the simple-hearted. Bride and bridegroom, maid and lover. Did that gloomy lake discover. Did those lilies see. There we wander'd side by side. There it was they said she died. But ah ! in this I know they lied ! She will return to me ! THE LILY OF THE LAKE. 97 Never, never since that hour Has the lake brought forth a flower. Ever harshly do the sedges Some sad secret from its edges Whisper to the shore. Some sad secret I forget. The lily though will blossom yet : And when it blooms I shall have met My love for evermore. 11 98 SONGS FOR MUSIC. FROM FLEETING PLEASURES. A REQUIEM FOR ONE ALIVE. ROM fleeting pleasures and abiding cares, From sin's seductions and from Satan's snares, From woes and wrath to penitence and prayers, Veni in pace ! Sweet absolution thy sad spirit heal ; To godly cares that end in endless weal, To joys man cannot think or speak or feel, Vade in pace ! From this world's ways and being led by them. From floods of evil thy youth could not stem, From tents of Kedar to Jerusalem, Veni in pace ! Blest be thy worldly loss to thy soul's gain. Blest be the blow that freed thee from thy chain, Blest be the tears that wash thy spirit's stain, Vade in pace ! A REQUIEM FOR ONE ALIVE. 99 Oh, dead, and yet alive ! Oh, lost and found ! Salvation's wall now compass thee around. Thy weary feet are set on holy ground, Veni in pace ! Death gently garner thee with all the blest. In heavenly habitations be thou guest ; To light perpetual, and eternal rest Vade in pace ! SOJ\rGS FOR MtJSIC. THE RUNAWAY'S RETURN. T was on such a night as this, Some long unreal years ago, When all within were wrapp'd in sleep. And all without was wrapp'd in snow, The full moon rising in the east, The old church standing like a ghost, That, shivering in the wintry mist, And breathless with the silent frost, A little lad, I ran to seek my fortune on the main ; I marvel now with how much hope, and with how little pain I It is of such a night as this. In all the lands where I have been. That memory too faithfully Has painted the familiar scene. By all the shores, on every sea. In luck or loss, by night or day, My highest hope has been to see That home from which I ran away THE RUNAWAY'S RETURN. loi For this I toil'd, to this I look'd through many a weary year, I marvel now with how much hope, and with how little fear. On such a night at last I came, - But they were dead I loved of yore. Ah, mother, then my heart felt all The pain it should have felt before ! I came away, though loth to come, I clung, and yet why should I cling } When all have gone who made it home, It is the shadow not the thing. A homeless man, once more I seek my fortune on the main : I marvel with how little hope, and with what bitter pain. SONGS FOR MUSIC. FANCY FREE. A GIRL'S SONG. ITH bark and bound and frolic round My dog and I together run ; While by our side a brook doth glide, And laugh and sparkle in the sun. We ask no more of fortune's store Than thus at our sweet wills to roam : And drink heart's ease from every breeze That blows about the hills of home. As, fancy free, W;th game and glee. We happy three Dance down the glen. And yet they say that some fine day This vagrant stream may serve a mill ; My doggy guard a master's yard ; My free heart choose another's will. FANCY FREE. 103 How this may fare we little care, My dog and I, as still we run ; Whilst by our side the brook doth glide, And laugh and sparkle in the sun. For, fancy free. With game and glee. We happy three Dance down the glen. I04 SONGS FOR MUSIC. MY LOVE'S GIFT. OU ask me what — since we must part- You shall bring home to me ; Bring back a pure and faithful heart, As true as mine to thee. I ask not wealth nor fame, I only ask for thee, Thyself — and that dear self the same — My love, bring back to me ! You talk of gems from foreign lands. Of treasure, spoil, and prize. Ah, love ! I shall not search your hands. But look into your eyes. I ask not wealth nor fame, I only ask for thee, Thyself — and that dear self the same — My love, bring back to me ! MV LOVE'S GIFT. 105 You speak of glory arid renown, With me to share your pride, Unbroken faith is all the crown I ask for as your bride. I ask not wealth nor fame, I only ask for thee, Thyself — and that dear self the same — My love, bring back to me ! You bid me with hope's eager gaze Behold fair fortune come. I only dream I see your face Beside the hearth at home. I ask not wealth nor fame, I do but ask for thee ! Thyself — and that dear self the same — May God restore to me ! io6 SONGS FOR MUSIC. TEACH ME. Translated from, the Danish of Oehlenschlager. EACH me, O wood, to fade away, As autumn's yellow leaves decay ! A better spring impends, — There green and glorious shall my tree - Take deep root in eternity, Whose summer never ends ! Teach me, O bird of passage, this, To seek in faith a better bliss On other unknown shores ! When all is winter here and ice, There ever-smiling Paradise Unfolds its happy doors. Teach me, thou summer butterfly. To break the bonds which on me lie With fetters all too firm. Ah, soon, on golden purple wing, The liberated soul shall spring, Which now creeps as a worm ! 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