Who are Annie & Ernest?
[The following charming poems, by the Poet Geo. W. Bengay, Esq. of New York were written while a guest at the house of one of our citizens, during a brief stay in our village upon the occasion of delivering his lecture “Words of Cheer”
ANNIE OF ALLEGANY
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Clasped in the blue arras of the air Which sighs as fond as lovers do, The Sunbeams tangled in her hair, I saw a maiden sweet and fair Whose eyes were touched with heavenly blue. Her voice was low, and soft and sweet, A halo round her features shine-- The flowers she pressed beneath her feet Sprang up as though their pulse did beat, And kissed the soft winds o'er her blown. Oh then I knew a treasure rare, Some lover to his heart would press, And prise the soft sunlighted hair, And face symetrical and fair-- Whose lips would tempt the fond caress. But sweeter than the face so fair, And lovelier than the eyes so blue, And richer than the golden hair, I see the pure heart pulsing there, Which throbs with love when love is true. April, 25, 1866 |
ERNEST
| Bright and beautiful boy! Fountain of hope and joy! O may the future be Golden and fair for thee. Brave and beautiful child! On whom the graces smiled, O may the clouds of care, Never drop snow on thy hair. Pure and beautiful one! O be a dutiful son: The pride of a mother find, In this life and beyond. April 25, 1866 |
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