THRO’ grief and thro’ danger thy smile hath cheer’d my way,
Till hope seem’d to bud from each thorn that round me lay;
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FROM "THE FIRE-WORSHIPPERS."
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Go then, if she, whose shade thou art,
No more will let thee soothe my pain;
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The wine-cup is circling in Almhin's hall,
And its Chief, 'mid his heroes reclining,
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Alas ! my dear friend, what a state of affairs !
How unjustly we both are despoil'd of our rights !
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Yes, sad one of Sion, if closely resembling,
In shame and in sorrow, thy wither'd-up heart --
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Oh, banquet not in those shining bowers,
Where Youth resorts, but come to me,
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The world has just begun to steal
Each hope that led me lightly on;
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When ’midst the gay I meet
That gentle smile of thine,
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What life like that of the bard can be --
The wandering bard, who roams as free
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Though dark are our sorrows, today we'll forget them,
And smile through our tears, like a sunbeam in showers:
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"Here we dwell, in holiest bowers,
Where angels of light o'er our orisans bend;
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I saw thy form in youthful prime,
Nor thought that pale decay
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I wish I was by that dim Lake,
Where sinful souls their farewell take
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From this hour the pledge is given,
From this hour my soul is thine:
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Silence is in our festal halls --
Sweet son of song! thy course is o'er;
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Oh! had we some bright little isle of our own,
In a blue summer ocean, far off and alone,
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Fairest! put on a while
These pinions of light I bring thee,
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There are sounds of mirth in the night-air ringing,
And lamps from every casement shown;
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It is not the tear at this moment shed,
When the cold turf has just been laid o'er him,
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I'd mourn the hopes that leave me,
If thy smiles had left me too;
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No, not more welcome the fairy numbers
Of music fall on the sleeper's ear,
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When cold in the earth lies the friend thou hast loved,
Be his faults and his follies forgot by thee then;
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Forget not the field where they perish'd,
The truest, the last of the brave,
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Though humble the banquet to which I invite thee,
Thou'lt find there the best a poor bard can command;
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Nay, tell me not, dear, that the goblet drowns
One charm of feeling, one fond regret;
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They know not my heart, who believe there can be
One stain of this earth in its feelings for thee;
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Tis believed that this Harp, which I wake now for thee
Was a Siren of old, who sung under the sea;
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Farewell! but whenever you welcome the hour
That awakens the night-song of mirth in your bower,
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Whene'er I see those smiling eyes,
So full of hope, and joy, and light,
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