The Singers' companion, a choice selection of fashionable songs (January 2021)
“ MY OWN NATIVE ISLE. Music by Bishop. There's an isle, clasped by waves in an emerald zone, That peers forth from ocean so pearl-like and fair, As if nature meant it the water-king's throne;— A youth, whom I name not, remembers me there. The breeze now in murmurs a 'plaint brings from far, From my own native isle and my lover's guitar. O! cheer thee, fond mourner, let hope's whisper soften The wild pang of absence and doubt too unkind, The maid thou upbraidest for thee sighs as often, And speeds gentle wishes by every wind. ”
