. Ballads. onest misses, or who wins the prize ? Go, lose or conquer as you can :But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman. A gentleman, or old or young ! (Bear kindly with my humble lays ;)The sacred chorus first was sung Upon the first of Christmas days :The shepherds heard it overhead — The joyful angels raised it then :Glory to Heaven on high, it said, And peace on earth to gentle men. 374 THE END OF Tin: PLAY. f My song, save this, is little worth; I lay the weary pen wish you health, and love, and mirth. As fits the solemn fits
. Ballads. onest misses, or who wins the prize ? Go, lose or conquer as you can :But if you fail, or if you rise, Be each, pray God, a gentleman. A gentleman, or old or young ! (Bear kindly with my humble lays ;)The sacred chorus first was sung Upon the first of Christmas days :The shepherds heard it overhead — The joyful angels raised it then :Glory to Heaven on high, it said, And peace on earth to gentle men. 374 THE END OF Tin: PLAY. f My song, save this, is little worth; I lay the weary pen wish you health, and love, and mirth. As fits the solemn fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still —Be peace on earth, be peace on earth. To men of gentle will. % I I i i. BOSTONJAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY Copyright, 1855,By Ticknor and Fields. Copyn-ight, ISSl,By James R. Osgood and Co. These Ballads* have been written during the pastfifteen years, and are now gathered by the authorfrom his own books, and the various periodicals inwhich the pieces appeared originally. The}- arepublished simultaneously in England and America,— where a public, which has been interested in thewriters })rose stories, he hopes may be kindly dis-posed to his little volume of verses. - W. M. T. BosTOX, 27tb October, 1855. •Many other pieces are now added to the original collection madeby the author in 1855, making it more complete than any other editioneither American or Foreign. Boston, 1882. I co]s^te:n^ts. BALLADS: PAGE The Chronicle of the Drum, 1 The King of Brentfords Testament, 28 The WiUTE SqvALL. (Jottmeij from Conihtll to Cairo), ... 40 Feg OF huiWADVY (The Irish S/ie(ch-Book), 47 May Day Ode, 56 The Ballad of Bouillabaisse, 63 The Mahogany Tree 67 The Yankee Vo
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