An hour has passed with lingering pace,
Since, bent in careless musing nigh,
I marked upon thy moss grown face
The noiseless shadow stealing by;
An hour has passed - and wandering back
The fit of vacant idleness o'er,
I see that shade in onward…
Among the village maidens gay,
Thou are the lovely queen;
Neatly deck'd in fine array,
Yes, lovely ADELINE.
Thy form is delicately fair,
And artless is thy mein;
And other charming graces rare,
Adorn thee, ADELINE.
The crimson rose that paints thy…
Thy smiles, thy talk, thy aimless plays,So beautiful approve thee,So winning, light, are all thy ways,I cannot choose, but love thee:Thy balmy breath upon my browIs like the summer air,As o'er my cheek thou leanest now,To plant a soft kiss there.Thy…
Oh, Judith! had our lot been cast
In that remote and simple time
When, shepherd swains, thy fathers passed From dreary wilds and deserts vast'
To Judah's happy clime, -
My song upon the mountain rocks,
Had echoed oft thy rural charms:
And I had…
O'er the level plain where mountains
Greet me as I go,
O'er the desert waste where fountains
At my bidding flow,
On the boundless beam by day,
On the cloud by night,
I am rushing hence away -
Who will chain my flight?
War his wary watch was…
We see not, know not; all our wayIs night: with Thee alone is day.From out the torrent’s troubled drift,Above the storm our prayers we lift,Thy will be done!
The flesh may fail, the heart may faint,But who are we to make complaint,Or dare to plead,…
It is a short and simple prayer,
But 'tis the Christian's stay
Through every varied scene of care,
Until his dying-day;
As through the wilderness of life
Calmly he wanders on.
His prayer in every worldly strife
Is still, "Thy will be…
How sad and forsaken
Is that heavy heart,
Where hope cannot waken,
Nor sorrow depart!
So sad and so lonely
No inmate is there,
Save one - and that only
Is chilling despair.
How sad is the slumber
Long sufferings bring,
Whose visions…
How sad and forsaken
Is that heavy heart,
Where hope cannot waken,
Nor sorrow depart!
So and so lonely
No inmate is there,
Save one - and that only
Is chilling Despair.
How sad is the slumber
Long sufferings bring,
Whose visions outnumber
The woes…
