AUTHOR OF "THE NORTHCROFT LILIES," "JESSIE'S WORK," ETC. FLOREAC London: MARCUS WARD & CO., 67, CHANDOS STREET NEW YORK: THOMAS NELSON & SONS 1875 Ye who have loved each other, sister, friend, or brother, Mother and sire and child, young man and maiden mild, And let your hearts grow fonder, as memory shall ponder Old loves and younger wooing are sweet in the renewing, Ye who have scorned each other, or injured friend or brother, Ye who, by word or deed, have made a kind heart bleed, Let sinned-against and sinning forget the strife's beginning, Be links no longer broken, be sweet forgiveness spoken, Ye who have nourished sadness, apart from hope and gladness, In this fast-fading year; Ye with o'erburdened mind, made aliens from your kind, Come, gather here ! Let not the useless sorrow oppress you night and morrow, Take heart! uncloud your faces, and join in our embraces, Charles Mackay. |