OH! COME TO THE INGLE-SIDE.
Then come to my ingle-side,
The night is dark and drear;
The snow is deep, and the mountain wide,
Oh! stay and rest thee here!
The night is dark and drear;
The snow is deep, and the mountain wide,
Oh! stay and rest thee here!
See, see, the shaggy hound
Creeps in to thaw his coat;
And a frozen robin that I found
Chirps with a grateful note.
They claim and have from me
What richer hands might grudge:
How right or wrong the mercy be
I leave a God to judge.
And thou shalt sit by the log,
I'll feed thee as I can;
For the heart that cherishes bird and dog,
Turns not from suffering man.
Then come to my ingle-side,
The night is dark and drear;
The snow is deep, and the mountain wide,
Oh! stay and rest thee here!
Creeps in to thaw his coat;
And a frozen robin that I found
Chirps with a grateful note.
They claim and have from me
What richer hands might grudge:
How right or wrong the mercy be
I leave a God to judge.
And thou shalt sit by the log,
I'll feed thee as I can;
For the heart that cherishes bird and dog,
Turns not from suffering man.
Then come to my ingle-side,
The night is dark and drear;
The snow is deep, and the mountain wide,
Oh! stay and rest thee here!
PARTING SONG.
Come, let us part with lightsome heart,
Nor breathe one chiding sigh;
To think that wings of rainbow plume
So soon should learn to fly.
We scarcely like the chimes to strike
That tell of Pleasure's flight;
But Friendship's chain, when sever'd thus,
Is sure to re-unite.
Nor breathe one chiding sigh;
To think that wings of rainbow plume
So soon should learn to fly.
We scarcely like the chimes to strike
That tell of Pleasure's flight;
But Friendship's chain, when sever'd thus,
Is sure to re-unite.
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