My earrings! my earrings! they've dropt into the well,And what to say to Muca, I cannot, cannot tell-'Twas thus Grenada's fountain by, spoke Albuharez' daughter,The well is deep, far down they lie, beneath the cold blue water-To me did Muca give…
The son of the pilgrim has passed on his way,
To seek the wild land where his father had died;
He longs by his tomb of the desart to pray,
And place a momento of love by its side.
Dark woods and wild streams will his footsteps surround;
The thirst of…
In Judah's hall the sharp is hushed,
Her voice is but the voice of pain;
The heathen heel her helm has crushed,
Her spirit wears the heathen chain.
From the dark prison-house she cried,
`How long, O Lord! thy sword has slept!
O quell the oppressor in…
Wake, lady, wake, - the midnight moon Sails through the cloudless skies of June; The Stars gaze sweetly on the stream, Which in the brightness of their beam,
One sheet of glory lies.
The glowworm lends its little light, And all that's beautiful and…
Oh! Hail the auspicious morn,
That doth so bright appear;
Rejoicing greet the opening dawn
Of the new budding Year.
May happiness, health and peace
Attend my Patrons dear;
May domestic bliss increase,
Thro' this new rising year.
May virtues new, and…
Sit I at the open window,
On this dewy Summer morn,
Where the honeysuckle blossoms
Mid a wealth of green are born;
Sit I, gazing outward, outward
Through the lazy, hazy air,
Breathing in the fragrant incense
To my senses wafted there.
There…
I hail the glad Spring,
With its sunshine and showers,
With its warb'ling brooks,
Gay birds, and bright flowers,
For it brings the sweet rose,
The queen of the lawn,
Whose radiant hues
Greet the blushes of dawn.
The bright, blushing…
The Sabbath morning breaks upon the earth,
And toiling millions hail the blessed day—
The one of all that gives them sweet repose
From cares and toils that e'er beset life's way.
The sun, uprising, tints the eastern sky,
And bathes the earth in…
