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ALONE!
Alone! alone!
What does it mean?
Has any one seen
The last rose-queen
Of the Autumn blown?
She is left alone.
What does it mean?
Has any one seen
The last rose-queen
Of the Autumn blown?
She is left alone.
Alone! alone!
The last brave man
In the rear, in the van
The foremost, can
Tell, must have known,
What it is to be lone.
The last brave man
In the rear, in the van
The foremost, can
Tell, must have known,
What it is to be lone.
169
Alone! alone!
A love-sick maid
Who fingers a braid
Of hair that he played
With often, is shown
The grief of the lone.
A love-sick maid
Who fingers a braid
Of hair that he played
With often, is shown
The grief of the lone.
Alone! alone!
A mother, whose sons
In the war by the guns
Are standing, stuns
The trumpet's tone,
For, she is alone.
A mother, whose sons
In the war by the guns
Are standing, stuns
The trumpet's tone,
For, she is alone.
Alone! alone!
An old man grey
Who has lived his day
Who has played his play,
Now feeble grown
Sits sadly alone.
An old man grey
Who has lived his day
Who has played his play,
Now feeble grown
Sits sadly alone.
170
Alone! alone!
A bird in its nest
Who misses the breast
That it loves the best,
For a mate makes moan,
Is indeed alone.
A bird in its nest
Who misses the breast
That it loves the best,
For a mate makes moan,
Is indeed alone.
Alone! alone!
A lover who sighs
For the light of the eyes
Of his mistress, cries
With a vehement groan
I am alone.
A lover who sighs
For the light of the eyes
Of his mistress, cries
With a vehement groan
I am alone.
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