Carols from the Coal Fields; And Other Songs and Ballads (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...but my portion below Is the rest-killing magic of two hazel eyes. The world it goes up, and the world it goes down, And the lofty descend, and the lowly arise; But fortune, the jilter, may smile or may frown, I feel but the magic of two hazel eyes. Once blithe as a linnet I lilted my lay, And won the applause of both foolish and wise--Now deaf, dumb, derided, I go on my way, Bewitched by the magic of two hazel eyes. O Annie, wouldst thou but look down on my plight, And pity my case, and no longer despise, I'd dance in delight, I'd sing day and night, And the theme of my lays be thy two hazel eyes I OMEGA. Wrapt in fancy by a river, That flows onward ever, ever, Down I sat me while the moon In her fairest vesture shone--All was still as death, when lo Down the solemn tide did flow Fays that once with pleasure thrill'd me, --Fiends that once with horror chill'd me--Social Glee and sullen Care, Lofty Courage, crouching Fear, And--ah who with dire Despair? She on whom my heart has hung, She who oft my heart has strung, While the heavy-footed years, Sought to bury her in cares "One by one, and two by two, They the graceful, they the true, Went my idols long ago, And must thou desert me now?" Thus I frantically cried, When a look was cast behind, Clung--shall cling unto my mind, And a hollow voice replied;---"All things go the way we're going, From thy quest refrain--All, all that be--the Earth, the Sea, Yon Moon above, the Stars that move In concord o'er yon crystal plain; Yea, all to one vast gulph are flowing, And thy cry's in vain 1" Heard I aright, what is my cry A cry in vain? what means reply So dark as this 1 Can earth and sky--Can all my hope, my pride, my joy, With earth and sky take wing and fly 1 Can that for which I've daily bor...