- 1. When The Twilight Shadows Deepen
When the twilight shadows deepen and the far-off lands are dim,
And the vesper dirge is stealing like the chant of cherubim,
There's a prayer within my bosom that's responsive to the sound,
There's a thought that springs within me--but 'tis sad and silence-bound.
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- 2. The Musician's[1] Grave
Thou'rt gone like the meteor that blazed in the sky,
And the spot thou hast smiled upon knows thee no more,
Is there no one that heaves o'er thy ashes a sigh?
Is there none to regret? Is there none to deplore?
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- 3. Midsummer Idylls. Canto Ii
I.
Good day, and how d'ye do my friends and neighbours?
I must have dozed upon my easy chair;
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- 4. The Friends.
We were friends, and the warmest of friends, he and I,
Each glance was a language that broke from the heart,
No cloudlet swept over the realm of the sky,
And beneath it we swore that we never would part.
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- 5. Midsummer Idylls. Canto Iii.
I.
I take my goosequill for some recreation,
I'll have a pleasurable time to-night,
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- 6. Drink.
I.
An English village, a summer scene,
A homely cottage, a garden green,
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