THE PARTING.
"But there was weeping far away;
And gentle eyes, for him
With watching many an anxious day,
Were sorrowful and dim."—Bryant.
And gentle eyes, for him
With watching many an anxious day,
Were sorrowful and dim."—Bryant.
"Ye woods and wilds," how bright ye seem!
As green the mantle on your boughs,
As when in days now long gone by,
Ye listened to my Edmund's vows.
As green the mantle on your boughs,
As when in days now long gone by,
Ye listened to my Edmund's vows.
The birds sang out their happiest song;
The wild-flowers wore their brightest hue;
The skies in beauty o'er us bent,
Robed in their softest, loveliest blue.
The wild-flowers wore their brightest hue;
The skies in beauty o'er us bent,
Robed in their softest, loveliest blue.
