Tag Archive for: Love

Song Of The Thrush

Song of the Thrush 25511 Ah, the May was grand this mornin'! Shure, how could I feel forlorn in Such a land, when tree and flowers tossed their kisses to the breeze? Could an Irish heart be quiet While the spring was running riot, An' the…

In The Heart Of The Woods

IN THE HEART OF THE WOODS 4032 In the heart of the woods there is love I know, for I found! There's a carpet spread down for your feet, There are fragrances, lulling and sweet, There are posies abloom all around, And a banner of blue floats…

My Rosary

My Rosary 5287 I slip between my fingers, ero I rest, My rosary, its heads count one by one, I name the friends of all I love the best; My dear ones near, until my task is done When I have said for each a little prayer, May I add one more…

I Love To Live

I Love to Live 845 "I love to live," said an aged man, Whose hour of dying was near at hand Think you such words from him were wi The old man was again a child Be it ever thus in this fallen world, Is the banner of hope to the breeze unfu And…

Friday

Friday 3834 The flowers live by the tears that fall From the end face of the skies, And life would have no foys at all Were there no watery eyes Love thon thy sorrow: grief shall bring Its own excuse in after years; The rainbow! see how…

Sweet Evelina

Sweet Evelina 2126 Way down in the meadow Where the lily first blows, Where the winds from the mountain Never ruffles the rose Lives fond Evelina, the sweet little dove, The pride of the valley The girl that I love Chorus Sweet Evelina, dear…

Because Of You

Because of You 1283 Sweet have I known the blossoms of the morning Tenderly tinted to their hearts of dew; But now my flowers have found a fuller fragrance Because of you Long have I worshiped in my soul's enshrining High visions of the…

A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother

A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother 1273 I've been thinking of late Of a time that's passed away Of a friends in whom I could confide Of my dear old mother's knce, Around which I used to play, How I missed her sweat face when she died How…

Country Life

Country LIfe 5505 The pleasures of a country life Appeal to us just now We want to roam the grassy meads, And watch the festive cow We want to climb the old stone wall, And find a shady nook, Where we can loaf all afternoon Beside the…

A Little Phgrim

A Little Phgrim 2563 One sitmmer's evening, ere the sun went down, When city men were hustening from the town To reach their homes-some near at hand, some far- By snerting train, by omnibus, or car, To be beyond the reach of city din A…

I Should Like To Die Said Willie

I Should Like to Die Said Willie 2246 Not Readable "I remember that she told me once, while sitting on her knee That the angels nover weary watching over her and me: And if I was only good-Nellie told me so before- That they'd let us into…

Sorrow

Sorrow 1656 The sorrow that nobody mentions, The sorrow no ons may share Is the sorrow the dear Lord giveth His sweetest, tenderest care He places his hand on the wellspring The quivering lipe refrain orth in denance And the eyes mils…

Bird With Bosom Red

BIRD WITH BOSOM RED 5311 When the winds of winter blow, And the air is thick with snow, Drifting over hill and hollow, Whitening all the naked trees Then the bluebird and the jay And the oriole fly away Where the bobolink and swallow…

I Love To Live

I Love to Live 844 said the prattling boy, As he gasly played with his new bought toy: And his merry laugh went echoing forth From a besom filled with joyous mirth ""I love to live,' said the stripling bold; 'I would toll for wealth I would…

When Shall We Meet Again?

When Shall We Meet Again? 2344 It was dark and dremal morn When from my bed I did rise, A-looking from the window I saw to my surprise A antior and his loving wife A-standing in the rain: He kirsed his only son and said When shall we…

A Maudle-In Ballad

A MAUDLE-IN BALLAD 3563 My lank limp lily, my long lithe lily, My languid lily-love fragile and thin, With dank leaves dangling and flower-flap chilly, That shines like the shin of a Highland gilly; skin! Mottled and moist as a cold toad's…

At A Western Window

At a Western Window 1547 I gaze from the western window Athwart the narrowing day, Where the sunshine and the shadows In parting glory play, To violet Isles enchanted That smile at the open door As the argosies of evening - Sail through…

The Meddleson Mosquito

The Meddleson Mosquito 1286 "Tis the gloaming and the roam- ing of a loving pair has ceased; To the lawn the two have gone and there are holding a love- feast On the green with naught be- tween they sit and tell the story old- On her fingers…

The Secret Of It

The Secret of It 575 My love has often said to me, "My love I know you're plain; But married life with you, my sweet, has brought me naught but gain Let other women sing and dance, or even write a book, Yet you're above them all in charm- remember,…

Tragedy Of The Desert

Tragedy of the Desert 5755 The elephant sat in the lemon tree, A-swaying to and fro; And a beautiful warbling song sang he To the whale on the branch below- Though a cold wind blew from the distant sea, And the desert was deep in snow And…