Hush'd in silent midnight sleep And the watch-call hoarse and deep, "Say! hath the licensed hour, "Or doth my warriors' mirth "Lo! its fury rageth higher, Column'd upward to the sky, Like that pyramid of fire Gleaming of old, on high To guide the people of the Lord.Soldiers of Fame! come forth,Let the Empress of the North Note your valour's daring worth, At my word. "Tear down each smoking wall "The sulphureous smoke pours down Round the Kremlin's sacred height:- That before the blazing war THE LAND OF MY BIRTH. DEAR Cambria! I love thee, thy vales and thy mountains, And beauty and grandeur proclaim thee their home: Whilst dark flowing streams and crystalliz'd fountains, O'er thy fertiliz'd bosom delightfully roam. But lovelier than all are thy beautiful daughters, Whose smiles are like sunbeams that gladden the [waters, Those forms are more fair than the nymphs of the They bless and adorn thee, lov'd Land of my Birth. earth: Dear Cambria! I love thee, the home of my fathers, Whom liberty honour'd as chiefs in her cause; Though hoary destruction now silently gathers Around the grey relics that speak their applause: And sympathy raises with tears of affection, With trophies immortal now blazon thy name. No more may fierce war's bloody trumpet sound o'er thee, [mirth; Be thy battle hymns changed for the anthems of May the song of the bard have no cause to deplore thee, But peace ever smile on thee, Land of my Birth. It's very hard, and so it is, And witness this, that every Miss For love goes calling up and down, I'm sick of all the double knocks And one in blue at Number Two, It's very hard they come so near, Miss Bell, I hear, has got a dear By sitting at the window pane But I go in the Balcony, Yet arts that thrive at Number Five, "Tis hard with plenty in the street, And plenty passing by There's nice young men at Number Ten, But only rather shy. And Mrs. Smith, across the way, Has got a grown-up son; There's Mr. Wick at Number Nine, And though he's pious, will not love My mother often sits at work, The very maids about the house, Once only, when the flue took fire Young Mr. Long came kindly in, I am not old, I am not plain, But even beauty has no chance, At Number Six, they say Miss Rose The Imp they show with bended bow, To shoot at Number One. It's very hard, and so it is, And tones enough to stun! I'M A MERRY PARISH BEADLE. GOD save the Queen! I'm a merry parish beadle. To church I bring The little ragged boys; The bells I ring, To call to church all righteous people, And bang the little rogues Whene'er they make a noise. |