This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: .THIS CUP I VALUE this cup, for its brim Is hallowd by memries divine How many a health have I pledged out of him--And mingled a tear with the wine To my children I ve drunk from this bowl, When the day of their birth has come round; To the well-beloved wife of my soul, Who with rapture my fond heart has crownd The cup that is hallowd like this, With hopes, and with blessings, and love, Bright Hebe neer filld one so brimming with bliss When she crownd it with nectar above Then forward our hopes let us cast, And bound in fond memorys chain, Let us drink to the joys that are past, And trust that as bright ones remain ABSENCE To AS when the sun withdraweth quite, Then all is night; T is even so with me, Parted from thee. The faithful dawn of morning bright Brings back the light--But to illume my sorrow, There is no morrow As when the sea, upon the strand, With wavy wand, Marketh where she hath been, So thou, my queen, Didst leave thy trace upon my heart Ere thou didst part: --The tide returns again--But thou --ah when? COME BACK TO ME WHY, dearest, dost thou linger Far away from me? While pensive memrys finger Ever points to thee; Over what mountains bounding, Over what silent sea, With dangers dark surrounding?--Oh, come back to me But darker than the danger That dwells upon the sea, The thought, that some fair stranger May cast her love on thee; Perchance she s now bestowing Some fatal glance on thee, Love-spells around thee throwing--Oh, come back to me OH GALLANT SAILOR BOY OH gallant sailor boy, When the look-out on the topmast thou rt keeping, Proud in thy daring joy, Giving no thought to the eyes that are weeping, Weeping, and lifted be In fervent prayer for thee, When the tempests roar Is heard on shore, And.