...And in adversity, Say, who would enter once thy door, Of all those friends who visit thee, If Eumour whispered thou wert poor ? WHERE HAST THOU BEEN, MY...swallow's wing ; Kissing the little kidnapped slave, Ere bore away on the deep blue wave ; Brushing the tear from the mother's cheek, As she wept for her child...

...den of woe ; Explore the shades of night; Nor cease until you leave behind A track of brighter light. WHERE HAST THOU BEEN, MY BEAUTIFUL SPRING ? WHERE...swallow's wing ; Kissing the little kidnapped slave, Ere bore away on the deep blue wave; Brushing the tear from the mother's cheek, As she wept for her child...

...veluti Connatur in camino, Consiliumque incude flagrans Kifingitur sonante. " MY BEAUTIFUL SPRING." 1. WHERE hast thou been, my beautiful Spring ? To the...South, on the swallow's wing ? Kissing the little kidnapp'd slave, Ere borne away on the deep blue wave ? Brushing the tear from the mother's cheek,...

...postman-poet. From the first volume of his poems, published while yet he was a rural postman. [HERE hast thou been, my beautiful Spring? To the sultry...with this potent charm, Chaining the winds to the frozen zone, Making the breast of Nature warm, And stilling old Winter's undertone ? Where hast thou...