"Tis true, in manliest eyes A passing tear will rise, When we think of the friends we leave lone; But what can wailing do? See, our goblet's weeping too! With its tears we'll chase away our own, boy, our own; With its tears we'll chase away our own. But daylight's stealing on; The last that o'er us shone Saw our children around us play; The next-ah! where shall we And those rosy urchins be? But no matter-grasp thy sword and away, boy, away; No matter-grasp thy sword and away! Let those, who brook the chain Of Saxon or of Dane, Ignobly by their firesides stay; One sigh to home be given, Then, for Erin and her cause, boy, hurra! hurra! hurra! Then, for Erin and her cause, hurra! THE WANDERING BARD. WHAT life like that of the bard can be,- The world's to him like some play-ground, Oh, what would have been young Beauty's doom, Would ye have smiles that ne'er grow dim? Can lend them life, this life beyond, And fix them high, in Poesy's sky,— Then, welcome the bard where'er he comes,— For, though he hath countless airy homes, To which his wing excursive roves, No matter how far, how fleet he flies, ALONE IN CROWDS TO WANDER ON. ALONE in crowds to wander on, Shed round us once, where'er we roved- Of all who've loved, and lived to see The few bright things they thought would stay For ever near them, die away. Tho' fairer forms around us throng, Their smiles to others all belong, And want that charm which dwells alone Round those the fond heart calls its own. Where, where the sunny brow? The long-known voice-where are they now? Oh, what is Fancy's magic worth, From lips now mute, and eyes now cold? As soon could she bring back again Those eyes themselves from out the grave, As wake again one bliss they gave. I'VE A SECRET TO TELL THEE I'VE a secret to tell thee, but hush! not here,— I'll seek, to whisper it in thine ear, Some shore where the Spirit of Silence sleeps Where summer's wave unmurm'ring dies, Nor fay can hear the fountain's gush; Where, if but a note her night-bird sighs, The rose saith, chidingly, "Hush, sweet, hush!” |