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1 I came to the land of my birth,
I sought for the home of my sire.
Tlie thistles were rank on the heartli,
And silenced the voice of tha lyre.

3 No sound of (greeting or woe

Arose from those once brilliant halls,
The threshold was broken and dank.
And roofless the once noble walls.

8 I called on the naqiqii of the past,
Or echo, or answer, was none ;
I saw, as a stran);:er, I stood,
In the spot where I first saw the sun.

4 Oh, days of my youth, are you gone I

I cried, in my bitter despair.
The life-blood is wrung from my heart,
My bosom is bnrthened with care I

5 Alone like a phantom I'll fly —

Nor care where my journey shall end.
As a stranger, forsaken, I stand.
Where once I had father, and friend.

Alone thro' the world I will go,

Nor reck where my wand'rings shall close,
There is nought but the arrow of death,
Can now bring me peace or repose.

7 Away. From the house of my birth.

Thro' the »treet» where in childhood I played,
Heart-broken, dejected, alone,
A pilgrim, an exile I strayed.

8 Heart-broken, around as of old,

I saw the same friendship and truth,
I saw the sweet games as of /ore.
But not the dear friends of my youth.

The marbles, the top and the hoop,
By the side-ways were yet to be seen,
The ball, and the bat, and the kite.
Arose as of old o'er the green.

10 The laugh and the shout were the same ;

O'er the rocks, thro' the meads and the sands,
The sports and the plays were alike.
But changed were the hearts and the hands.

11 Oh, Time, what a wreck dost thou make,

I cried, as I gazed with a sigh,

Before the swift tramp of thy toot,

All beauty and glory must die.

12 Tliou wingest thy course with a flight.

Nor bastions, nor mountains can stand,
Thou swingest thy scythe with a )K>wer,
That ruleth the sea and the land.

18 O'er Pompeii, Carthage, and Rome,
Beheld I the marks of thy sway.
And /tere the blood chills to m^ heart.
As thy desolate track I survey.

14 The Mountains, the crags, and the flowera,
The forest, the river, and isle,
As of old in their beauty arose,
And welcomed me back with a smile.

13 The hills and the vales were the same.
The vi'lets still b1(M>med as of yore.
The lilies still hung by the streams.
But the friends of my youtli were no more.

16 I said — in my desolate woe,

Tlie days of thy glories are o'er,
Afar )'er the ocean I'll fly,
And die on some wild foreign shore.

17 The Ganges, the Po, or the Rhine,

Whatever, wherever it be,
More joyful, more sweet is it now, ," •■

Than the land of my birth is to me.

18 I left. From the homo of my sires,

(Still led by my ill-fated star,)
A wanderer, banished, folorn,
I fled thro' the nations afar. ' ».

10 Alone thro' the deserts of Ind,

Thro' the hot burning sands of the plain —
The pyramids echoed my griefs.
And sighed in response to my pain.

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Nor sympathy, travel, nor love,
Could bring to my bosom repose.

21 The anguish that haunted my soul, .

Like a demon forever was near,
Still rose like a phantom of gloom.
And dim'd ev'ry smile with a tear.

22 Oh, Spirit of blisses and woes.

Creator of raptures and sighs,
How dark hast thou woven our fate.
How close hast thou seal-ed the skies t

28 Thou raisest our bosoms in dreams.

Of things that are glorious and bright.
And when on the threshold, we gaze —
And see but the darkness of night.

24 The loved-ones that from us are gone.

We hope, in our yearnings, to see ;
But, ah, as we stand by the grave.
How darkly the teachings agree !

25 We look from the clay to the tomb.

We look from the tomb to the sky,
We ca\l on the names of the lost, .
And wander away with a sigh. -

20 A rose we may pluck from their side,
May kiss it, and keep it for years,
A pansy may rend from their mound.
And water its leaves with our tears.

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27 They'll serv? but to walten the grief
Timt slumbers in cradlud repose,
Slmll call up the days of the past.
And nourish the fount of our woes.

38 They'll bring us nor light nor a pledge
Of the change, whether woeful or well.
Though the blood of our heart in them flow.
They nought of the spirit can tell.

20 1 said— as I joiirnyed alone.

The ways of the Maker nre dark,
Adown the swift ocean of time
We sail in a ruddnrless barque.

80 The compas that marketh our flight

Doth point to a mystical pole, '' '

As the pow'r of the magnet, in night .t',

Wrapt is the fate of the soul.

81 The thoughts of the Maker are deep,

I said, as I gazed on the sky.
We muse o'er the deeds of his hands, '

And our weakness behold with a sigh.

82 The works of the Maker are grand,

I cried, as I gazed on the hills ;
Each star is the child of His will,
And its office with rapture fulfills.

88 'Tis done ; I will wander no more,
I cried, in my desolate pain,
'Tis over ; no more o'er the pnst,
Will I frenzy the chords of my brain.

84 I will seek out a place of repose.

No more o'er \\w future I'll grieve.
As a child I will look to my Ciod,
And the words of His seivants receive.

85 I said— but the furies are strong.

And stiU in my flight they pursue ;
I said : As the gay and the younir,
The favors of Fortune I'll woo.

86 I will blend with the go<xl and the wise,

I will cast my dread anguish behind.
With wisdom, in strength, I'll arise,
And drug the dark gloom from my mind.

87 But, ah : — as the vane fore the wind,

E'en so is the spirit of man.
To-day, as the earth is he fixed ;
To-morrow, in atoms his plan.

88 I fell. To my sorrows again

As fleet as the eagle I flew,

As switt as the beams of the sun

Again to the cypress I drew.

80 Neath the willows I poured out my tears,
Disburthuned mv anguish in sighs,
From the pansy, the myrtle, ond yew,
As of old I gazed on the skies.

40 Oh, rapture and love, were you mine,
To bloom but a moment and die I
Oh, rapture and love I from the crags
Ke-echoed again with a sigh.

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41 The cataracts hushed as I sang
The mournful song of my days.
The wolf from his ambush uprist.
And gazed on my form with amaze.

43 The guardsman, as onward I past.

Stood silent, and leant on his spear ;
E'en the children beheld me, and gased.
And silenced the voice of their cheer.

48 Oh, spirits of those that are gone,
If yet in existence you be,
Can you nought of the future foretell ?
Can you nought of the future iorusee ?

44 Do ye wing tl»ro' t^'e gloom, and behold

'The ruin your absence has made f
Do ye fly on the wings of the wind,
And the ways of creation upbraid ?

45 Do ye know of our grief, and yet ever

, Thus leave us in anguish to mourn t

Do ye live as of old, and yet never

In pity or friendship return f

46 Wherever, whatever you be.

We nought of your presence can know.
As ye loved us on earth, if ye can
Why nought of the future foreshow ?

47 llius e'er in a tempest I thought,

Nor would the dark demon de]uirt ;
'11m» e'er in a chaos I muse,
And wail out the griefs of my heart.

48 The friends of my bosom are gone.
In ruins our once happy home ;
As a pilgrim for years have I strayed,
And yet as an exile I roam.

40 Alone thro' the deserts and wilds.
Thro' ocea.is and nations afar.
Alone thro' the world I fly.
Still lead by my ill-fated star.

SO The cav'rens and ruins, as of old
In pity my anguish behold.
At midnight the raven yet starts.
As the trie of my griefs I unfold.

61 The forests, the valleys, and craps,
In sympathy weep o'er my woes,
But — nor sympathy, travel, nor love.
Can bring to this bosom repose.

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