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SONGS IN MINOR KEYS.
And lo! the fierce star that had vanished
When I entered the Kingdom of Light—
When I first saw the regions of light—
That lode-star of love, that had banished
The somber, dead hues of the night,
Blazed out towards the province of night.
When I entered the Kingdom of Light—
When I first saw the regions of light—
That lode-star of love, that had banished
The somber, dead hues of the night,
Blazed out towards the province of night.
And I followed the star thro' the glimmer
Of regions half weary of day;
For its orb fled from regions of day,
Till faster, and farther, and dimmer
The fainting lights faded away—
And fled like a vision away.
Of regions half weary of day;
For its orb fled from regions of day,
Till faster, and farther, and dimmer
The fainting lights faded away—
And fled like a vision away.
Far down to the Kingdom of Sorrow,
That region miasmic, and drear—
That desolate hollow, and drear.
Ah! no sun of a smiling to-morrow
Gives hint of a change in the year—
Of gladness for many a year.
That region miasmic, and drear—
That desolate hollow, and drear.
Ah! no sun of a smiling to-morrow
Gives hint of a change in the year—
Of gladness for many a year.
