Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads Jacobite Ballads, &c. &c. By George W. Thornbury ... with illustrations by H. S. Marks |
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GONE!
Some day, a friend shall, whispering low,
Ask for me at the muffled door,
Hushing the humming of a song,
As one shall answer, “He is gone.”
Ask for me at the muffled door,
Hushing the humming of a song,
As one shall answer, “He is gone.”
Then duns shall creep on stealthy foot,
Peering about the half-shut gate;
And when they push in rough and strong,
Then one shall answer, “He is gone.”
Peering about the half-shut gate;
And when they push in rough and strong,
Then one shall answer, “He is gone.”
Yes, kinsmen from a distance come
Hearty and eager to the door,
Shall, after waiting cold and long,
Hear the hushed answer, “He is gone.”
Hearty and eager to the door,
Shall, after waiting cold and long,
Hear the hushed answer, “He is gone.”
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