Philip Ashton, and Other Poems (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...surgings, By the iron pulse below. Streaming to a path together, Like the broad, bright track which leads, Troubled waves of life dividing, Back to childhood's dreams and deeds. To the sun last night we whispered Fond good-night, for with the day Sank the latest glimpse of England, Faded the last headland gray. Eastward, eastward o'er the waters, Haste we to that glowing clime, Where mankind yet dozing lingers, On the upper streams of Time;--To the place our fathers won us, Where we lord it o'er the land, Where the supple Hindu boweth, To the voice of our command. In the east the sun awaketh, From his curtained couch of flame; From the east the richest fancies Of our youngest visions came, -Wafted to the land of sunrise, Woke our hearts to ecstasies. And our dearest day-dreams slumbered, In the warmth of eastern skies. Cheer thee Eva soon returning Shall we greet our native shore; See again the home that bare thee, And the hearth that bred once more; Sit again beneath the roof-tree That thou knowest, and a voice That thou knowest not may cheer thee, And may bid thy soul rejoice. For I see the days before us, When we need no longer roam; When one hearth shall hold us, clinging To the magic name of home. Like thee, on thy knees, but brighter, Fresher, if such grace can be, Laughs a little life, and wakens All the house to newer glee. From the opened casement ruffled, Gently waves its golden hair, As it drinks the life and vigour Of the welcome native air. Cheer thee, Eva onward, onward, Brightly gleams our life before, -And come weal, come woe, together Stand we, love, for evermore. IV. AGAIN the encircling wall, Again the untempered glare, And the roll of the drums, that fitfully comes From about, to tell who lies there;...