Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SOLDIER BOY TO HIS GREEN MOUNTAIN MARY, by FREDERICK W. SHELTON


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A SOLDIER BOY TO HIS GREEN MOUNTAIN MARY, by                    
First Line: Oh, sweet is the breath of the morning
Last Line: On the banks of the charming lamoille.
Subject(s): Love; Vermont


Oh, sweet is the breath of the morning
And sparkling the dew on the lawn,
When fresh is the summer's adorning
And the winter is over and gone;
But my Mary is purer and sweeter
And bright as the day-star of truth,
When waking or dreaming I meet her
In the light and the freshness of youth.
She has cheered on her soldier to duty,
Though afar from the scenes of his toil,
From her home by the river of beauty
On the banks of the charming Lamoille.

Oh, sweet is the carol of birdlings
When the forests are budding in May,
When the bobolink sings in the meadow
And robin replies on the spray;
But in silence and gloom of mid-winter,
In battle with treason and wrong,
One thought on the face of my Mary
Steals into my heart like a song.
So she cheers on her soldier to duty,
Though afar from the scenes of his toil,
From her home by the river in beauty,
On the banks of the charming Lamoille.

Oh, dear is the home of my childhood,
Each valley and mountain and lea;
But vain, without love, is the wildwood—
Without love in the land of the free.
When the flag floats from ocean to ocean,
And the din of the battle is o'er,
I will fly on the wings of devotion
And part from my Mary no more.
Then she'll welcome her soldier from duty
To her arms from the scenes of his toil,
By her own loved river of beauty,
On the banks of the charming Lamoille.





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