Poems by George P. Morris :: :: University of Virginia Library

Poems by George P. Morris

with a memoir of the author

Morris, George Pope (1802-1864)

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[Sky, stream, moorland, and mountain ]

SONG AND CHORUS.

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(German air.)

SOPHIA AND FACTORY GIRLS.

Sky, stream, moorland, and mountain,
Tree, cot, spire, and dome,
Breeze, bird, vineyard, and fountain,
Kindred, friends, country, and home!—
Home, home, home, home!—
These are the blessings of home!

(The Factory-Girls now waltz cheerfully to the music.)

Hope how fondly I cherish,
Dear land, to see thee once more!
O Fate! let me not perish
Far from my own native shore!
Home, home, home, home!—
Saxony, Liberty's home!

(The Girls waltz as before, etc.)

Those who freedom inherit,
Bow not to Tyranny's throne;
Then, friends, in a kind spirit,
Judge of my love by your own.
Home, home, home, home!—
The land of the heart is our home!