Page:The Universal Songster and Museum of Mirth.djvu/282

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.... ?,?NTIMINTAL 80NGI. lqow poise the te?r'd l? on ? it shive? on my shiel? ?n ?o?h two fl?hing rapie? fly, And s?!! decides the ?eld. The ?t is ? the p? ? wo? And ? ? the victor'e e?; P? wine cu? round, whi? cl? T?ys ofloee ? cM?!ry. 'YHE MINSTREL'S RETURN FROM. THE T?tz minstml's retum'd from the wm With spirits as buoyant as air., And thus on his tuneful guitar, He sung in the bower of his fair*: sThe noise of the battle is over, The bugl? no more calls to arms; A soldier no more--but a lover, I bend to the power of thy chin �Sweet lady, fair l, ad.y I'm thine, [ bend !o the m?gm of b?uty, ' ?he' the banner and helmet ar? Yet love calls the soldier to duty,* ?he minstrel his suit warmly pre?s'd, She blush'd? sigh'd and hung dow? h?' Till eonquor'd she fell on his hreast? And thus to the happy youth said: 'The bugle shall part us love, never? My bosom thy pillow shall he, Till death mars th? from mz, forzver? 8till faithful I'll p?rish with Sweet lady, &e. But leone eull'd the youth to the flold? ?, llb banner w&v'd high o'er hb ]Mud, lb g&v? his guitar for ? shield, Aml soon he lay low with th?