This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...meet--on high!" "Nay--speak not thus, my father dear; But one short year away"--and then, "Make promise--thou wilt wander here, And visit us again. "Daily I'll watch thy favourite vine Put forth its verdant shade of leaves, And train its tendrils to entwine And trellis all the eaves. "Fondly I'll note when budding ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...meet--on high!" "Nay--speak not thus, my father dear; But one short year away"--and then, "Make promise--thou wilt wander here, And visit us again. "Daily I'll watch thy favourite vine Put forth its verdant shade of leaves, And train its tendrils to entwine And trellis all the eaves. "Fondly I'll note when budding flowers O'erhang thy favourite window-seat;--And eager count the passing hours Until, at length, we meet "Oh, quickly speed thee back again! And now," she cried, "a fond farewell! Soon will a year elapse: --till then Remember Isabelle I" Even now, methinks, her parting words As if prolonged by magic spell, Still vibrate on my spirit's chords--"Remember Isabelle!" The tedious years at length went past: Again I reached a foreign shore: With joyful steps I trade at last Provence's soil once more. I stood upon a vine-clad spot O'erhanging yon romantic dell, Where stands the lone sequestered cot That sheltered Isabelle. The balmy breath of summer eve (Exhaled from many a fragrant flower) Seemed to my fancy to receive Fresh.sweetness in that hour. With eager steps, I culled a flower, And quickly cleared the briery brake, "And here," said I, "we'll form a bower Beside that fairy lake." What though the gathering clouds at last Were shrouding all the sunset sky, And evening's hues were yielding fast To the fair moon on high? I knew the scenes of former days, Familiar every nook to me; The names of all the friendly fays That owned each haunted tree! Each blooming plant that smiled around, Each ivied root--each grassy swell; For oft I've trode the hallowed ground With her I loved so well. "The rose-slip on the churchyard wall Has now become a verdant tree, The orange plants a...
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