Poems and Lancashire Songs By Edwin Waugh. Fourth Edition, With Additions |
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ALONE, UPON THE FLOWERY PLAIN. |
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ALONE, UPON THE FLOWERY PLAIN.
I
Alone, upon the flowery plainI rove, in solitary pain;
Looking around the silent lea
For something I shall never see.
II
Yon hedge-row blossoms as before,And roses shade yon cottage door;
But oh, I miss the tresses fair,
And eyes that glowed with welcome there
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III
The streamlet, still, in rippling pranks,Kisses the wild flower on its banks;
But I am lonely on the shore,
To which my love returns no more.
IV
The lark, aloft in sunny air,Carols, as if my love was there;
And the wind goes by, with mournful sound,
Murmuring, “No more, on mortal ground.”
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