Louisa Macartney Crawford

  • “We parted in silence”

    We parted in silence, we parted by night,
      On the banks of that lonely river;
    Where the fragrant limes their boughs unite,
      We met—and we parted forever!
    The night-bird sung, and the stars above
      Told many a touching story,
    Of friends long...

  • Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen! the gray dawn is breaking,
      The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill;
    The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,—
      Kathleen Mavourneen! what, slumbering still?

    Oh, hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever?
      Oh!...