. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . t 7 • f Sweet voice of comfort! t was like the stealing Of summer wind thro some wreathed shell— Each secret winding, each inmost feeling «, Of all my soul echoed to its spell, T was whisperd balm—t was sunshine spoken^ I d live years of grief and painTo have my long sleep of sorrow brokenBy such benign, blessed sounds again.^-o r ? _ jj^ w c kD ® W0U0U humble the banquet to which I invite thee,^ ;\\ Thou It find there the best a poor bard can command :Eyes, beaming with welcome, shall throng round, to light thee,And Love serve
. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . t 7 • f Sweet voice of comfort! t was like the stealing Of summer wind thro some wreathed shell— Each secret winding, each inmost feeling «, Of all my soul echoed to its spell, T was whisperd balm—t was sunshine spoken^ I d live years of grief and painTo have my long sleep of sorrow brokenBy such benign, blessed sounds again.^-o r ? _ jj^ w c kD ® W0U0U humble the banquet to which I invite thee,^ ;\\ Thou It find there the best a poor bard can command :Eyes, beaming with welcome, shall throng round, to light thee,And Love serve the feast with his own willing hand. And though Fortune may seem to have turnd from the d wellin Of him thou regardest her favouring ray,Tliou wilt find there a gift, all her treasures excellintr,^(^ Which, proudly he feels, hath ennobled his way.(^T is that freedom of mind, which no vulgar dominion Can turn from the path a pure conscience approves;Which, with hope in the heart, and no chain on the upwards its course to the light which it loves. ([ t Tis this ixiakes the pride of his humble retreat, ^ And, with this, though of all other treasures bereaved. The breeze of his garden to him is more sweet Than the costliest incense that Pomp eer received. Then, come,—if a board so untempting hath powerTo win thee from grandeur, its best shall be thine; And theres one, long the light of the bards happy , smiling,will blend her bright welcome with mine. c^.
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