• The roving breezes come and go

    On Kiley's Run,

    The sleepy river murmurs low,

    Adnd far away one dimly sees

    Beyond the stretch of forest trees —

    Beyond the foothills dusk and dun —

    The ranges steeping in the sun

    On Kiley's Run.


    'Tis many years since first I came

    On...

  • This is the place where they all were bred;

    Some of the rafters are standing still;

    Now they are scattered and lost and dead,

    Every one from the old nest fled,

    Out of the shadow of Kiley's Hill.


    Better it is that they ne'er came back --

    Changes and chances are quickly rung;

    Now the old...