National Lyrics, and Songs for Music/O ye voices gone

by Felicia Hemans

For other versions of this work, see Oh! ye voices gone.

O YE VOICES GONE.*^[1]

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Oh! ye voices gone,
    Sounds of other years!
Hush that haunting tone,
    Melt me not to tears!
All around forget,
    All who loved you well,
Yet, sweet voices, yet
    O'er my soul ye swell.

With the winds of spring,
    With the breath of flowers,
Floating back, ye bring
    Thoughts of vanished hours.

Hence your music take,
    Oh! ye voices gone!
This lone heart ye make
    But more deeply lone.

1. * Set to music by Miss H. Corbett.