Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads Jacobite Ballads, &c. &c. By George W. Thornbury ... with illustrations by H. S. Marks |
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NIGHTMARES.
A dumb man struggling with the dark,
Straining to bawl, or sob, or scream,
The sullen anger of the stream
Choking him slowly hour by hour.
Straining to bawl, or sob, or scream,
The sullen anger of the stream
Choking him slowly hour by hour.
A blind slave in a distant land,
Hearing a voice not heard for years;
Striving to call through stifling tears,
For one to put in his—her hand.
Hearing a voice not heard for years;
Striving to call through stifling tears,
For one to put in his—her hand.
A wretch that, like a mad dog's chased
With swords and torches—how he shrieks,
Finding the friendly door he seeks
Bolted and barred, and clamped and braced!
With swords and torches—how he shrieks,
Finding the friendly door he seeks
Bolted and barred, and clamped and braced!
A miner hanging down a cleft,
The fire-damp spreading to his feet;
While round the pit-mouth rebels meet,
Ready to stab him to the heft.
The fire-damp spreading to his feet;
While round the pit-mouth rebels meet,
Ready to stab him to the heft.
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