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— Mourn on ! — yet come thou not here the while ; 

 It is but a pain to see thee smile! 

 — There is not a tone in our songs for thee, 

 Home with thy sorrows flee ! 



I^J"o> joyous chords ! — yet again, again ! 

 — But what dost thou with the revel's train ? 

 A silvery voice through the soft air floats, 

 But thou hast no part in the gladdening notes ; 

 There are bright young faces that pass thee by, 

 But they fix no glance of thy wandering eye ! 

 Away ! there 's a void in thy yearning breast, 

 Thou weary man ! wilt thou here find rest? 

 Away ! for thy thoughts from the scene have fled, 

 And the love of thy spirit is with the dead ! 

 lliou art but more lone midst the sounds of mirth ! — 

 Back to thy silent hearth ! 



Ring, joyous chords! — yet again, again, 

 A swifter still, and a wilder strain ; 

 — But thov, though a reckless mien be thine, 

 And thy lip be crown*d with the foaming wine, 

 By the fitful bursts of thy laughter loud, 

 By thine eye's quick flash through its troubled cloud, 

 I know thee, — it is but the wakeful fear 

 Of a haunted bosom, that brings thee here; 

 I know thee, — thou fearest the lonely Night, 

 With her piercing stars, and her deep wind's might; 

 There 's a tone in her voice which thou fain would'st shun, 

 For it asks what the secret soul hath done; 

 And thou, — there 's a dark weight on thine — away ! 

 Back to tliy home, and pray ! 



Ring, joyous chords ! — yet again, again, 

 A swifter still, and a wilder strain ; 

 And bring new wreaths. We will banish all. 

 Save the free in heart, from our festive hall. 

 On through the maze of the fleet dance, on : 

 — But where are the young and the lovely i — gone ! 

 Where are the brows with the fresh rose crown'd ? 

 And the floating forms with the bright zone bound ? 

 And the waving locks, and the flying feet, 

 Tliat still should be where the mirthful meet ? 

 — They are gone — they are fled — they are parted all ; 

 Aliis ! the forsaken hall. 



CONCLUSION OF VOLUME THE FIFTH. 

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PRINTED BY G. P. HEARUEU, PLYMOUTH. 



