Historical & Legendary Ballads & Songs By Walter Thornbury. Illustrated by J. Whistler, F. Walker, John Tenniel, J. D. Watson, W. Small, F. Sandys, G. J. Pinwell, T. Morten, M. J. Lawless, and many others |
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All Alone!
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All Alone!
When the swallows flee away,
And the thrush has ceased its lay,
Then the robin, all alone,
Perches on the mossy stone, All alone!
And the thrush has ceased its lay,
Then the robin, all alone,
Perches on the mossy stone, All alone!
Mourning for the Summer flown, All alone!
For the joys all gone away,
Like the leaves and their array,
Like the flowers the last year sown, Passed away!
For the joys all gone away,
Like the leaves and their array,
Like the flowers the last year sown, Passed away!
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When the berries ripen red,
And the last leaf's fallen—dead;
Then the robin, all alone,
Sits upon the churchyard stone, All alone!
And the last leaf's fallen—dead;
Then the robin, all alone,
Sits upon the churchyard stone, All alone!
Mourning for the swallows flown, All alone!
Where Death reigns as on a throne,
Stone at foot, and stone at head—
Things that Death can call his own—
Cold the lassie's bridal-bed,
Cold the pillow at her head; All alone!
Where Death reigns as on a throne,
Stone at foot, and stone at head—
Things that Death can call his own—
Cold the lassie's bridal-bed,
Cold the pillow at her head; All alone!
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