Lucys Song
How beautiful at eventide To see the twilight shadows pale, Steal o'er the landscape, far and wide, O'er stream and meadow, mound and dale! How soft is Nature's calm repose When ev'ning skies their cool dews weep: The gentlest wind more gently blows, As if to soothe her in her sleep! The gay morn breaks, Mists roll away, All Nature awakes To glorious day. In my breast alone Dark shadows remain; The peace it has known It can never regain.
Charles Dickens
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The Hymn Of The Wiltshire Laborers
O God who by Thy prophet's hand Didst smite the rocky brake, Whence water came, at Thy command, Thy people's thirst to slake; Strike, now, upon this granite wall, Stern, obdurate, and high; And let some drops of pity fall For us who starve an...
The Ivy Green
Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim: And the mouldering...
Gabriels Grub Song
Brave lodgings for one, brave lodgings for one, A few feet of cold earth, when life is done; A stone at the head, a stone at the feet; A rich, juicy meal for the worms to eat;
The Song Of The Wreck
The wind blew high, the waters raved, A ship drove on the land, A hundred human creatures saved Kneel'd down upon the sand Threescore were drown'd, threescore were thrown Upon the black rocks wild, And thus among them, left alone, They found ...