Poems and Songs By Robert Gilfillan. Fourth edition. With memoir of the author, and appendix of his latest pieces |
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O! THIS WERE A BRIGHT WORLD.
O! this were a bright world,—
Most pleasant and gay,
Did love never languish,
Nor friendship decay;
And pure rays of feeling,
That gladden the heart—
Like sunshine to nature—
Did never depart!
Most pleasant and gay,
Did love never languish,
Nor friendship decay;
And pure rays of feeling,
That gladden the heart—
Like sunshine to nature—
Did never depart!
To fair eyes no weeping,
To fond hearts no pain;—
Did hope's buds all blossom—
All blooming remain!
No sorrow to blighten,
No care to destroy;
O! then what a bright world
Of gladness and joy!
To fond hearts no pain;—
Did hope's buds all blossom—
All blooming remain!
No sorrow to blighten,
No care to destroy;
O! then what a bright world
Of gladness and joy!
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Did time never alter,
Nor distance remove
The friends that we cherish—
The fond ones we love—
A sky never clouded,
Nor darkened by woe—
O! then how serenely
Life's streamlet would flow!
Nor distance remove
The friends that we cherish—
The fond ones we love—
A sky never clouded,
Nor darkened by woe—
O! then how serenely
Life's streamlet would flow!
Were pleasure less fleeting,
Nor brought in its train
The mem'ry of joys fled,
That come not again—
O! then what a bright world—
All gladsome and gay—
Did love never languish,
Nor friendship decay.
Nor brought in its train
The mem'ry of joys fled,
That come not again—
O! then what a bright world—
All gladsome and gay—
Did love never languish,
Nor friendship decay.
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