Lyrics and Love Songs Author:Albert Pike General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1916 Original Publisher: F. W. Allsopp Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can s... more »elect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MA TRISTE CHERIE. Your wondrous eyes look sadly into mine, Look anxiously and eagerly in mine, -- Look like a sorrowing angel's into mine, Until mine ache and fill with bitter tears. O, what a tale of. sadness and of sorrows, Those dear eyes tell, -- of days that seem like years, Of nights of sighs, and of unwelcome morrows, Of doubts and pain and griefs and heavy fears! Your amber eyes look, darkening, into mine, Fixed and dilating, deeply into mine, Look questioning, beseeching, into mine, Until my heart aches with a heavy pain. I feel the pangs of your soul's crucifixion, And in the echoing chambers of my brain, The words that told me of your great affliction Continually repeat their sad refrain. Darling! the crown of thorns is yours to wear; Life is a cross, that you must bravely bear; A burden of long griefs and constant care, -- The penalty that Genius always pays. Lean on my love! let it your burthen lighten! When the clouds darken, hope for better days! -- Hath love no radiant influence to brighten, For heavy hearts, the dark world's painful ways? Look not so sadly, Darling, in my eyes! Look not so mournfully into my eyes! With piteous entreaty, in my eyes: Yet turn not yours away, for in their light Is all my life, and all my joy of living; Is all that make the day not sombre night! -- 0 eyes so true, so loving and forgiving, Laugh once again, and make the dark world bright! 0 sad, sweet eyes! 0 stars that light my soul! 0 eyes that saturate with love my soul! That fill with pain and sympathy my soul! Ye h...« less