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'YEARS pass'd away in grief and I	A
For her dear sake whose heart could feel no more	B
The sweetness and the witchery of love	C
Which round my spirit such deep charm had wove	D
And the dim twilight and the noonday sky	A
The fountain's music the rich brilliancy	E
Of Nature in her summer all became	F
To me a joyless world an empty name	F
And the heart's beating and the flush'd fond thought	G
Of human sympathy no longer brought	G
The glow of joy to this o'er wearied breast	H
Where hope like some tired pilgrim sank to rest	H
The forms of beauty which my pathway cross'd	I
Seem'd but dim visions of my loved and lost	I
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Floating before me to arouse in vain	J
Deep yearnings for what might not come again	K
Tears without aim or end and lonely sighs	E
To which earth's echoes only gave replies	E
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And I departed once again to be	L
Roaming the desert earth and trackless sea	L
Amongst men but not with them still alone	M
Mid crowds unnamed unnoticed and unknown	M
I wander'd on and the loud shout went forth	N
Of Liberty from all the peopled world	O
Like a dark watch word breathing south and north	N
Where'er the green turf grew or billow curl'd	O
And when I heard it something human stirr'd	P
Within my miserable breast and lo	Q
With the wild struggling of a captive bird	P
My strong soul burst its heavy chain of woe	Q
I rose and battled with the great and brave	R
Dared the dark fight upon the stormy wave	R
From the swarth climes where sunshine loves to rest	H
To the green islands of the chilly west	H
Where'er a voice was raised in Freedom's name	F
There sure and swift my eager footstep came	F
And bright dreams fired my soul How sweet will be	L
To me the hour of burning victory	L
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When the oppressor ceaseth to oppress	E
And this sad name the tortured nations bless	E
When tyranny beneath my sword shall bend	S
And the freed earth shall turn and own me for her friend	S
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Where Rome's proud eagle which is now a name	F
Spread forth its wings of glory to the sky	A
And young warm hearts that dreamt of deathless fame	F
Woke from that dream to gaze around and die	A
Where the pale crescent gleam'd athwart the cloud	T
Of men array'd to perish in their pride	U
And the harsh note of war rang wild and loud	T
To urge the course of that impetuous tide	U
Where Spain's dark banner o'er the castle walls	E
Heavily floats upon the mournful breeze	E
And firmly sad the measured footstep falls	E
Of him who dreams of home in scenes like these	E
Where steep'd in bitter tears and guiltless blood	V
The lily flag of France droops sadly down	W
Where England's lion o'er the heaving flood	V
Boastfully flutters in its proud renown	W
Ev'n where her sister island dimly rears	E
Though all the freshness from its hue be gone	X
Her verdant standard from a land of tears	E
While there are winds in heaven to waft it on	Y
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'Neath these and many more than these my arm	Z
Hath wielded desperately the avenging steel	A2
And half exulting in the awful charm	Z
Which hung upon my life forgot to feel	A2
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'I fought and conquer'd and when all was done	B2
How fared misfortune's persecuted son	B2
The dim days pass'd away and left me lone	M
The tyrant and the slave alike were gone	X
The indignant eyes that flash'd their wrath afar	C2
The swords that glitter'd through the cloudy war	B
The swelling courage of the manly breast	H
The iron hand whose strength the weak oppress'd	H
The shouting voices in the deadly fray	D2
The jest and song that made ev'n camps seem gay	D2
The sounds the forms the feelings which had made	E2
Those scenes in which my feet so long had stray'd	E2
Where and what are they now a bitter dream	F2
Lit by a meteor like delusive gleam	F2
Freedom thou art indeed a dream a bright	G2
And beautiful a vision of pure light	G2
Pour'd on our earth clad spirits from above	C
Where all are equals and where all is love	C
But yet no less a dream Where is the land	H2
Which for the ploughshare hath exchanged the brand	H2
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And been at peace for ever Is there not	I2
A war with all things in our changeful lot	I2
A war with Heaven a war with our own souls	E
Where stormily the sea of passion rolls	E
Wrecking each better feeling which doth strain	J
For liberty and wrings our hearts to pain	J
The war of fallen spirits with their sin	J2
The terrible war which rageth deep within	J2
Lo there the cause of all the strife below	Q
Which makes God's world a wilderness of woe	Q
Ye dream and dream and dream from day to day	D2
And bleed and fight and struggle and decay	D2
And with high sounding mockeries beguile	K2
Natures that sink and sicken all the while	K2
Whither are the old kings and conquerors gone	X
Where are the empires lost the empires won	B2
Look from the classic lands whose fallen pride	U
Is fain to summon strangers to their side	U
Where with weak wail they call themselves oppress'd	H
Who if unchain'd would still be slaves at best	H
To far across the dim and lonely sea	L
Where the thrice conquer'd styles herself 'the free '	-
How many generations now are past	L2
Since the first war cry rose and when will be the last	L2
Yet is there freedom in a distant clime	F2
Where freedom dwelleth to the end of time	F2
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And peace and joy and ignorance of fear	M2
And happiness but oh not here not here	N2
Not in this world of darkness and of graves	E
Where the strong govern and the weak are slaves	E
Thou whose full heart would dream of liberty	L
Go out beneath the solitary sky	A
In its blue depth of midnight stand and gaze	E
While the stars pour on thee their gentle rays	E
And image if thou canst unto thy soul	O2
A little part of the most wondrous whole	O2
Of all that lies beyond there no dark strife	P2
Destroys the creatures of the God of Life	P2
There no ambition to be made more great	Q2
Turns the pure love of brothers into hate	Q2
Each hath his place assign'd him like the stars	E
Up in the silent sky where nothing wars	E
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''Twas on a battle plain here in thine own	M
Sweet land of sunshine that I paused to mark	R2
The heaps of slaughter'd heroes now o'erthrown	M
Whose helpless corpses lay all stripp'd and stark	R2
'Twas in the time when Moorish blood first mix'd	S2
With haughty Spain's and on her spotless name	F2
The dint and brand of slavery affix'd	S2
And blood was spilt to reap eternal shame	F2
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The useless struggle ended on that day	D2
And round about Grenada's walls there lay	D2
Many and many a brave young bosom gored	T2
By the rude spear or deeply thrusting sword	T2
And silence was upon that fatal field	U2
Save when to nature's anguish forced to yield	U2
Some fallen soldier heaved a broken sigh	A
For his far home and turn'd him round to die	A
Or when the wailing voice of woman told	V2
That her long weary search was not in vain	M
And she had found the bosom stiff and cold	V2
Where her soft clustering curls had often lain	M
'Twas one of these that burst upon my ear	N2
While watching on that field the wind harp's tone	M
Was not more mournful nor more sweetly clear	M2
Than was the sound of that sad woman's moan	M
Through the dim moonlight I beheld a form	F2
Her dark brow clouded with grief's passionate storm	F2
And on her breast an infant calmly slept	W2
Which she would pause to gaze on and again	M
With bitterness renew'd she loudly wept	W2
And call'd on its dead father but in vain	M
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'My early and my only love why silent dost thou lie	A
When heavy grief is in my heart and tear drops in mine eye	A
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I call thee but thou answerest not all lonely though I be	L
Wilt thou not burst the bonds of sleep and rise to comfort me	L
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' Oh wake thee wake thee from thy rest upon the tented field	U2
This faithful breast shall be at once thy pillow and thy shield	U2
If thou hast doubted of its truth and constancy before	B
Oh wake thee now and it will strive to love thee even more	B
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'If ever we have parted and I wept thee not as now	M
If ever I have seen thee come and worn a cloudy brow	M
If ever harsh and careless words have caused thee pain and woe	Q
Then sleep in silence sleep and I will bo	Q

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

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