Ladies.
THE EMIGRANT’S DREAM. Jjo ! the misty curtain’s lifted, And my eyes behold again The cosy little sheiling In the lonely Highland glcfl ; And I see my lov’d one standing, As she stood in days of yore, When I kiss’d her in the gloaming, And wc parted at the door. In the happy days of childhood We were ever comrades true, And our love grew still the stronger As our age and stature grew ; But our joy was changed to sadness When the day of parting came, And I left the dear old home-land For a fortune and a name. Oh! our hearts were sorrow-laden. And our tears unbidden fell, And the path of life seem’d dreary, As I bade my love farewell. I was leaving kin and country For a land across the foam. And “ the world was all before me,” But behind were—love and home. In the land across the ocean I had bask’d ’neath fortune’s sun; Yet my heart found little pleasure In the gold that I had won ; For I long’d to see my darling. And to clasp again her hand ; So I left the stranger’s country For my own love’d native land. And the sun was brightly shining On the heath-clad mountain side, And I sang a song of gladness When I came to claim my bride ; But I reach’d the little sheiling I had seen in dreams so long. And the sight I saw before me In a moment hushed my song. At the door a hearse was standing, And I, choking, gasp’d for breath, For I could not see my lov’d one— She was now the bride of Death. And my heart was well-nigh breaking As 1 crossed the cottage floor; I had kiss’d her for the last time When we parted at the door. Selected,
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 25, 16 September 1893, Page 10
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303Ladies. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 25, 16 September 1893, Page 10
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