 | Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover |  |
MEMORY AND HOPE.
Oft have I mark'd, as o'er the sea
We've swept before the wind,
That those whose hearts were on the shore
Cast longing looks behind;
While they, whose hopes have elsewhere been,
Have watch'd with anxious eyes,
To see the hills that lay before,
Faint o'er the waters rise.
We've swept before the wind,
That those whose hearts were on the shore
Cast longing looks behind;
While they, whose hopes have elsewhere been,
Have watch'd with anxious eyes,
To see the hills that lay before,
Faint o'er the waters rise.
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'Tis thus as o'er the sea of life
Our onward course we track,
That anxious sadness looks before,
The happy still look back;
Still smiling on the course they've pass'd,
As earnest of the rest:
'Tis Hope's the charm of wretchedness,
While Mem'ry woos the blest.
Our onward course we track,
That anxious sadness looks before,
The happy still look back;
Still smiling on the course they've pass'd,
As earnest of the rest:
'Tis Hope's the charm of wretchedness,
While Mem'ry woos the blest.
| Songs and ballads by Samuel Lover | |