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Volume: v. 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Original Publisher: W.P. Hazard Subjects: Folk songs, German German poetry Ballads, German English poetry German ballads and songs Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Poetry / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A POET'S BLESSING. As I roamed the fields along, Listening to the linnet's song, I beheld an old man there, Toiling hard, with hoary hair. " Blessings on this field, " I cried, " Such a faithful laborer's pride! Blessings on this withered hand, Scattering seed along the land ! " Answered me his look severe: -- " Poet's blessing boots not here ; Like the wrath of Heaven it falls; Flowers, not corn, to life it calls." " Friend! these songs of lighter hours Waken not too many flowers ; Just enough to deck the land, And fill thy little grandson's hand." SUNDOWN. Now the sun, his journey ending, Sinks, his burning brow to lave ; How he lingers, still descending To the tranquil western wave ! Hushed each breeze and calm each billow; Gilded clouds attend his way; Ocean smooths her rugged pillow To receive the king of day. Silence comes, with evening shadows. On the mountain and the plain; Only in the darkling meadows Still the quail prolongs her strain; And the lark goes singing, soaring Upward from the fragrant dell, To the last faint sunbeam pouring Gratefully her fond farewell. ONE EVENING. Now, -- as if nought had happened, -- all is still; Silent the bell, and hushed the funeral strain. My heart grows light -- my eyes more freely fill, Since in the grave her gentle form hath lain. While that
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