Stanzas
The Unionist 1834-04-10
Unionist content
Transcription
STANZAS.
We parted in silence, we parted by night,
On the banks of that lonely river,
Where the fragrant limes their boughs united,
We met—and we—parted forever!
The night-bird sang, and the stars above
Told many a touching story
Of friends long passed to the kingdom of love
Where the soul wears its mantle of glory.
We parted in silence—Our cheeks were wet
With the tears that were past controlling;
And we vowed we would never—no, never, forget;
And those vows at the time were consoling.
But the lops that echoed the vow of mine
Are as cold as the lonely river;
And that eye, the beautiful spirit’s shrine,
Has shrouded its fires forever.
And now on the midnight sky I look,
And my heart grows full to weeping,
Each star is to me a sealed book,
Some tale of that loved one keeping;
We parted in silence—we parted in tears,
On the bank of that lonely river;
But the color and bloom of those by-gone years,
Shall hang o’er its waters forever.”
