Nora Perry

  • Tying her bonnet under her chin,
    She tied her raven ringlets in.
    But not alone in the silken snare
    Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
    For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
    She tied a young man’s heart within.

    They were strolling together up...

  • Oh, did you see him riding down,
    And riding down, while all the town
    Came out to see, came out to see,
    And all the bells rang mad with glee?

    Oh, did you hear those bells ring out,
    The bells ring out, the people shout,
    And did you hear that cheer...

  • Who knows the thoughts of a child,
    The angel unreconciled
    To the new strange world that lies
    Outstretched to its wondering eyes?

    Who knows if a piteous fear,
    Too deep for a sob or a tear,
    Is beneath that breathless gaze
    Of sudden and...

  • Oh, did you see him riding down,
    And riding down, while all the town
    Came out to see, came out to see,
    And all the bells rang mad with glee?

    Oh, did you hear those bells ring out,
    The bells ring out, the people shout,
    And did you hear that cheer...

  • Tying her bonnet under her chin,
    She tied her raven ringlets in;
    But not alone in the silken snare
    Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
    For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
    She tied a young man’s heart within.

    They were strolling together up...

  • Has any one seen my Fair,
    Has any one seen my Dear?
    Could any one tell me where
    And whither she went from here?

    The road is winding and long,
    With many a turn and twist,
    And one could easy go wrong,
    Or ever one thought or list.

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