- 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. 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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- 3. Alone
Alone in my chamber, forsaken, unsought,
My spirit's enveloped in shadows of night,
Is there no one to give me a smile or a thought?
Is there none to restore to me faded delight?
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- 4. Ah, Hast Thou Gone?
Ah, hast thou gone from him whose breast
Bleeds with the thought we are apart,
Whose tears fall vainly and unblest,
Whose all--a crushed--a broken heart!
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- 5. On Plucking A Hedgerow Rose.
I saw on a hedge that was flourishing by
A rose that was stirred by the breath of the morn,
So smiling and fragrant it looked there, that I
Was tempted to seize it, forgetting the thorn.
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- 6. Midsummer Idylls. Canto Iii.
I.
I take my goosequill for some recreation,
I'll have a pleasurable time to-night,
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- 7. Drink.
I.
An English village, a summer scene,
A homely cottage, a garden green,
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