Summary

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.
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The Singers' companion, a choice selection of fashionable songs (January 2021)

While Love, most truly blind,
Too seldom finds his way.
Reason then guide me,
Cupid away,
Mine be the lover,
Who, prudent as kind,
Aims to discover
A charm in the mind:
Who, prizing ever
The heart alone,
Will build his love on Virtue's throne,
And never, never
That love disown.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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