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The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay

With Illustrations by John Gilbert

Mackay, Charles (1814-1889)

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Songs for Music.

THE LANGUAGE OF THE TREES.

LITTLE AT FIRST, BUT GREAT AT LAST.

A PLAIN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY.

THE ASTRONOMER.

THE ROSE'S ERRAND.

THE WHITE DOVE.

LOVE IN ALL SEASONS.

WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW.

POUR THE WINE IN THE CUP.

BELIEVE IF YOU CAN.

WHEN FIRST MY FANCY.

OH, SAY, FOND HEART!

THE CONFABULATION.

OH, THE HAPPY TIME DEPARTED!

BY THE LONE SEA-SHORE.

'TIS MERRY IN THE MEAD.

THE SECRETS OF THE HAWTHORN.

SHALL LOVE BE FOR EVER THE THEME OF THE SONG?

COME BACK! COME BACK!

MANY CHANGES I HAVE SEEN.

THE SYMPATHY OF THE BELLS.

THE UNIVERSAL CORNER.

THE DEWDROP AND THE DIAMOND.

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE.

GOOD-BYE, DEAR FRIENDS!

TRADE AND SPADE.

THE CHRISTMAS QUEEN.

COLD CHRISTMAS?—NO!

THE DOUBTFUL CASE OF ABSTINENCE AND TEMPERANCE—

GREAT KING WILLIAM.

UNDER THE VINE.

THE FESTIVAL OF LABOUR.

NOON-TIME IN THE SHADE.

RECONCILIATION.

THE GLADES OF WINDSOR.

A POOR MAN'S TREASURES.

IRELAND'S WELCOME TO QUEEN VICTORIA. —1849.

GOOD HEART AND WILLING HAND.

THE RETURN OF THE DOVE.

LAST YEAR'S LEAVES.

LORD, WE ARE THANKFUL.

A CRY FROM THE DEEP WATERS.

THE WITHERED FLOWERS.

THE MAGIC HARP.

ENGLAND, DEAR ENGLAND.

THE GLORY OF THE FLAG.

MOURN FOR THE MIGHTY DEAD.

STREW ROSES—GATHER GARLANDS.

THOUGH SAD WAS OUR PARTING.

WHO'D RATHER BE OPPRESS'D THAN FIGHT?

THE JOY-BELL AND THE REQUIEM.

ENGLAND AND FRANCE;—1855.

ENGLAND OVER ALL.

THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

OUR SWORDS ARE SHEATHED.

TELL ME, OH TELL ME.

THE CHEERFUL HEART.

WHY DO I LOVE THEE?

SORROWS; OR, THE STONE, THE CLOD, AND THE HARP.

SCEPTRE, CROWN, AND THRONE.

OLD JOHN JENKINS.

THE BLESSED RAIN.

FAREWELL TO THEE, ENGLAND.

THE BEAUTY AND THE BEE.

THE SEA SORROW.

LONG-PARTED FRIENDS.

BREATHE AGAIN THAT SONG OF SADNESS.

THE SWALLOW AND THE ROBIN.

IF HIS HEART NEVER THROBB'D WITH AFFECTION.

THE DREAMS OF YOUTH.

THE SILVER BIRCH.

I LAY IN SORROW, DEEP DISTRESS'D.

FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR.

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE LARK.

THE LIGHT OF LOVE.

THE GREEN LANES OF ENGLAND.

THE FLOWER AND CHAIN.

THE BEAUTIFIER.

THE WOODLAND STREAM.

WITCHES AND FAIRIES.

THE BARLEY AND THE HOP.

FALL, OH! FALL.

OF OLD, A SPADE.

THE MASTER-KEYS.

THE NAMES ON THE BEECH-TREE.

HAL AND HIS FRIENDS.

OF LOWLY BIRTH, BUT REGAL BEAUTY.

WINE AND GLORY.

OH, LEAVE HER TO HER GRIEF.

THE FLOWER OF DECEMBER.

THE LINNET MUST SING, THOUGH THE FALCON MAY HEAR.

BE WISE, O VAGRANT FANCY.

WHEN I RECALL WHAT LOVE HAS DONE.

THE WINTRY WINDS.

WHEN SONG, TO CHEER THE HEART OF MAN.

I'M BUT LITTLE NOBODY.

THE RIVER OF TIME.

THE MOTHER'S LAMENT.

THE SUMMER BOWER.

LOVERS' QUARRELS.

THE EOLIAN HARP.

NOTICE TO QUIT.

MY GARDEN GATE.

THE SOBER WINE.

MY GOOD RIGHT HAND.

PROCRASTINATIONS.

THE EXILE OF CLOUDLAND.

UNDER THE HOLLY BOUGH.

THE MAN WHO WILL NOT MERRY BE.

FAREWELL TO THE WOODLANDS.

LOVE'S QUESTIONS AND REPLIES.

YOUTH'S WARNING.

AN AUTUMNAL LYRIC.

“I LOVE MY LOVE.”

THE OFFERED FLOWER.

YOU LOVE ME NOT.

ONCE MY DREAMS, FROM MORN TO NIGHT.

TRUSTING HEART.

O THOU WHO IN DANGER AND STRIFE.

SIGH NOT! JOY'S IN SEASON.

JOYS OF THE PAST.

THE ONLY SHILLING.

COULD WE RECALL DEPARTED JOYS.

THE DAY HAS GONE.

THE SUNSHINE AND THE RAIN.

THE MILLER OF THE DEE.

DUKE HUMPHREY'S DINNER.

WHAT! BANISH LOVE?

STAY! STAY! VISION OF YOUTH AND GRACE!

THE MINSTREL'S CONSOLATION.

SEASONS AND REASONS.

THE WIND AND THE RAIN.

ALAS, POOR THINGS!

'MID THE NEW-MOWN HAY.

SAY NO MORE THAT LOVE DECEIVES.

THE THREE FLOWERS.

THE DEPARTURE OF MERLIN.

THE DEATH-SONG OF THALIESSIN.

THE RAPID STREAM.

A LOVER'S DREAMS.

CASTLE ATHELSTONE.

THE HAUNTED BALL-ROOM.

THE HAWTHORN AND THE IVY.

LOVE; NEW AND OLD.

WHO SHALL BE FAIREST?

ENGLISH VIRTUES.

THE SAILOR'S WIFE.

THE SAILOR'S WIFE.

THE LAST QUARREL.

TIME AND THE SPRING.

FLOWERS IN THE STREAM.

A HAND TO TAKE.

LOVE WILL FIND OUT THE WAY.

A WELCOME TO PEACE.

PENDRAGON THE KING.

EACH BLOCK OF MARBLE IN THE MINE.

LESS THAN A MAN.

THE RETURN HOME.

IF I WERE A VOICE.

THE BALLAD OF THE BEAR-HUNTERS.

SONGS WITHOUT WORDS.

THE SHADOW OF TREES.

THE WILL O' THE WISP.

THE GREEN BAY-TREE.

IF THE WORLD DECEIVE ME.

THE HIGHLAND EMIGRANTS.

BE QUIET, DO!—I'LL CALL MY MOTHER

THE MOONLIGHT DANCE.

IF FAIRY TALES WERE TRUE.

THE KING AMONG MEN

JOHN AND JONATHAN.

THE MEN OF THE NORTH.

WHEN CRISPIN WAS KING.

NO MORE CUPIDS.

RETURNING MESSENGERS.

THE TAMBOURINE GIRL.

LOVING IN VAIN.

THE “YES” AND THE “NO.”

DREAMING! IDLY DREAMING!

THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY.

JOHN GOODENOUGH.

COMBING HER COAL-BLACK HAIR.

WERT THOU MINE.

THE KISSING-GATE.

A MISPLACED AFFECTION.

THE SWEETHEART.

THE OLD MAN TO THE SWALLOW.

HIGHLAND MAIDENS.

THE ENGLISHMAN.

THE CUP OF OBLIVION.

IF I DIE FIRST.

THAT IS THE WAY.

AN INDIAN WAR-SONG.

BY THE MEADOW STILE.

IN THE PINE-WOOD.

THE BARD'S RECOMPENSE:—LIVING.

THE BARD'S RECOMPENSE:—DEAD.

THE BARD'S GRAVE.

THE BARD'S EPITAPH.

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RETURNING MESSENGERS.

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[Air: Old English.]

I

I was harsh and unforgiving,
Cruel taunts escaped my tongue;
Every word, not dead, but living,
Pierced the bosom whence it sprung—
Poison'd arrow, backwards flung.

II

From my lips the words of blessing
Issued, though I know not when;
Each, my happy soul possessing,
Came, an angel, back again,
Bearing blessings ten times ten.