Legal & Other Lyrics By George Outram: Containing a number of new pieces & fifteen illustrations by Edward J. Sullivan |
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ON HOPE
Saw ye the snow-wreath,
White on the hill?
Saw ye the wild lily
Bloom by the rill?
Saw ye the star
Light heaven only,
Gleaming afar,
Lovely and lonely?
White on the hill?
Saw ye the wild lily
Bloom by the rill?
Saw ye the star
Light heaven only,
Gleaming afar,
Lovely and lonely?
Hope's like the snow
That falls from the sky:
Beauteous and holy,
It dazzles the eye.
But with manhood comes sorrow,
And hopes disappear;
And the snow-drop to-morrow
Will melt to a tear.
That falls from the sky:
Beauteous and holy,
It dazzles the eye.
But with manhood comes sorrow,
And hopes disappear;
And the snow-drop to-morrow
Will melt to a tear.
Hope's like the lily
That bloomed in the spring,
Wooing the breeze
With its delicate wing.
Alas! the bright sun,
In which it delighted,
Too powerfully burns,
And the lily is blighted.
That bloomed in the spring,
Wooing the breeze
With its delicate wing.
Alas! the bright sun,
In which it delighted,
Too powerfully burns,
And the lily is blighted.
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Hope's like the lone star
In Eternity riding,
The trembling mariner
O'er the deep guiding.
A dim earthly vapour
Its glory hath crossed:
Hope has departed—
The sailor is lost.
In Eternity riding,
The trembling mariner
O'er the deep guiding.
A dim earthly vapour
Its glory hath crossed:
Hope has departed—
The sailor is lost.
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