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Title: A Leaf from the Old Forest
Author: J. D. Cossar
Release Date: November 3, 2008 [eBook #27139]
Language: English
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A LEAF
FROM
THE OLD FOREST.
POEMS BY
JOHN D. COSSAR.
LONDON:
SMART & ALLEN, LONDON HOUSE YARD, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1870.
A LEAF FROM THE OLD FOREST.
O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
The forest of beauty and song;
Where the Ettrick, through woods and fair meadows,
Doth lead its sweet waters along.
O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
A tuft from the glossy black pine;
A leaf from the oak and high chestnut tree
And a branch of green holly combine.
O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
A token so sacred, O bring;
'Twill recall those bright scenes to remembrance,
Old friendships around it will cling.
INDEX.
PAGE.
PRELUDE 5
KING NIMAERA 15
LORD HENRY OF THE EDEN-SIDE 87
MY MOTHER'S DEATH 107
THE WORLD'S END 127
THE SABBATH DAY 133
BEAUTY ADORNED 141
WALTER (AN ACROSTIC) 157
THE ARRIVAL IN LEITH DOCKS ON A VISIT TO SCOTLAND 158
RECOLLECTIONS (TO SARAH)
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