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HEART-SEEKING.
SADLY, in the city's crowd,
Wanders the stranger child;
'Mid the people's murmurs loud,
Lonely and wild.
Wanders the stranger child;
'Mid the people's murmurs loud,
Lonely and wild.
Swiftly by, the people pass,
Jostle the weeping boy—
In the hurried, heartless mass,
Searching for joy.
Jostle the weeping boy—
In the hurried, heartless mass,
Searching for joy.
Sadly prays the sobbing child,
Shelter and love to gain—
Plaintively, in accents mild;—
All, all in vain!
Shelter and love to gain—
Plaintively, in accents mild;—
All, all in vain!
Tremblingly a music-voice
Greeteth his listening ear—
Bidding his young heart rejoice,
Soothing his fear.
Greeteth his listening ear—
Bidding his young heart rejoice,
Soothing his fear.
Lo! the maiden's lily hands
Twine his dark, wavy hair;
Weaving glossy raven bands
On his brow fair.
Twine his dark, wavy hair;
Weaving glossy raven bands
On his brow fair.
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Sinking on the maiden's breast,
Smiles he his soul away—
Brightly as when in the West
Sinks the sun's ray.
Smiles he his soul away—
Brightly as when in the West
Sinks the sun's ray.
But an angel form remains,
Viewless beside the maid—
Whispers her in music strains,
'Mid twilight shade.
Viewless beside the maid—
Whispers her in music strains,
'Mid twilight shade.
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