 | The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury |  |
FAREWELL TO THE SUMMER FRIENDS WHOM I MET AT WEST POINT.
We shall meet no more on the green hill-side,
We shall gaze no more on the wild cascade,
Nor e'er shall our feet range far and wide
The rugged cliff and the sunny glade;
We shall look not again on the glorious sun,
As he wends his way to the glowing west,
And pauses to smile, ere his task is done,
On a scene so fair, as he sinks to rest.
We shall gaze no more on the wild cascade,
Nor e'er shall our feet range far and wide
The rugged cliff and the sunny glade;
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As he wends his way to the glowing west,
And pauses to smile, ere his task is done,
On a scene so fair, as he sinks to rest.
We shall roam not again by the mountain stream,
As it dashes down on its rocky way,
Through the deep, dark glen where the sun's glad beam
Scarce touches its wave with a noontide ray;
We shall meet no more on the mountain height
Where the mouldering fort in its ruin stands,
While our hearts are thrilling with proud delight
As we think on the deeds of our patriot bands.
As it dashes down on its rocky way,
Through the deep, dark glen where the sun's glad beam
Scarce touches its wave with a noontide ray;
We shall meet no more on the mountain height
Where the mouldering fort in its ruin stands,
While our hearts are thrilling with proud delight
As we think on the deeds of our patriot bands.
We shall wander no more amid nature's wealth,
The gold-'broidered field and the silver rill;
We shall meet not again as we woo sweet health
In the shady dell, on the breezy hill;
Like the passing shade on the mountain's brow,
Which fleets with the cloud that gave it birth,
Are the joys that in this world around us glow,
And the transient friendships of changing earth.
The gold-'broidered field and the silver rill;
We shall meet not again as we woo sweet health
In the shady dell, on the breezy hill;
Like the passing shade on the mountain's brow,
Which fleets with the cloud that gave it birth,
Are the joys that in this world around us glow,
And the transient friendships of changing earth.
| The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury | |